Pave paradise and put up a parking lot
It's now more than two years since the police managed to off-load responsibility for enforcing car parking rules onto local councils. Next week Cornwall Council's Parking Policy Advisory Panel considers the state of play in its latest annual report. A couple of interesting numbers: annual cost of Civil Parking Enforcement - £1,123,832. Annual income from Penalty Charge Notices - £937,651. Which helps demonstrate, I suppose, what a thankless task it is to be in charge of car parking. Not helped by radically different approaches in each of the former district councils. All sorts of reviews currently underway at County Hall, with a view to a standard one-rule-for-everywhere policy by April. Expect the cost of parking fines to rise sharply.
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Comment number 1.
At 1st Sep 2010, Andrew Wallis wrote:Will it? Are you sure it will rise sharply? Happy to chat about this any time :)
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Comment number 2.
At 1st Sep 2010, backofanenvelope wrote:So - let us make all parking free - saving about £200k at year!
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Comment number 3.
At 1st Sep 2010, deadloss wrote:At 08:21am on 01 Sep 2010, Andrew Wallis wrote:
Will it? Are you sure it will rise sharply? Happy to chat about this any time :)
Yes it will !! sharply or otherwise it will rise
The Public in this county (that you and you fellow Lords of the Manor take as fools ) are getting wise to the stench of the allright jack attitude that fills the corridors of county hall .
Never in the field of human misfortune has so much damage been done to so many by so few .
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At 1st Sep 2010, Andrew Jacks wrote:Yes these vultures are doing a wonderful job fleecing the Emmet's in places like mevagissey. They about the only people making money and kicking the tourists back across the Tamer with over zealous enforcement. I had a ticket on a road with no markings or signs, had better things to do than fight the awful notice. We need a proper policy on parking rather than seeing it as a area of income, if the fines to increase we no doubt will see the tourists level decrease a very short sighted measure showing the councils egotistical nature
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