LETTER: Parking should be free

My stance on parking charges is well known and documented '“ it should be free. So I find the Â£210,000 profit obnoxious.

By The Newsroom

Published 21st Dec 2017, 15:12 BST

Updated 21st Dec 2017, 15:15 BST

Drivers are now 13 times more likely to receive a ticket than a decade ago

Within this “profit” is hardship and anguish for those who found it hard to pay and sharpens a daily concern about “getting back on time”, as the majority of the fines were levied against people just a few minutes’ late.

Council makes more than £200,000 from parking charges in a year

The town needs to welcome shoppers to spend time and money in a leisurely manner. Increased revenues by our town centre businesses would dwarf this figure but with money earned, not fined – there is a subtle difference.

Sid Pepper

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