COUNCILLORS have spoken of their anger and concern at Cornwall Council’s mooted car park charging increases.
Looe councillor Armand Toms, his voice cracking with emotion, told the council’s Conservative Cabinet: “You don’t care – you really don’t.”
Earlier this year, it was announced that the council was introducing new parking zones with different charges according to how busy the area is. This meant that some car park charges could have risen to £2.20 per hour and free evening parking would have been scrapped.
The council has now amended its proposal, but the changes have been met with disappointment and dismay by many businesses and residents, particularly around evening charges, which one councillor previously dubbed as ‘profoundly stupid’.
The council’s 135 pay-and-display and pay on foot car parks will continue to be grouped into one of three ‘zones’, with Zone A being the busiest areas which are well served by public transport and walking and cycle routes.
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