Milton Keynes is scheduled to cancel all free parking lots in the city center, according to new plans that have caused great concern between residents, workers and small companies.
A huge city in central England proposes to impose fees on all free parking lots in its center.
The Milton Keynes City Council suggested canceling all the remaining free parking places in the city center in a bold move that comes after a rise in accommodation fees, which was presented just four months ago. Under the new plans, all free and limited bays will be replaced in central Milton Keynes with paid options. This standard tariff (purple) and bays of the excellent (red) tariffs already used.
The council’s consultation opened on April 4, giving all the population the opportunity to exchange their views before making a decision. Conservative advisers have already criticized this proposal, and they warned that it might reach the maximum twice.
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The leader of the city's governors called, CLR Shazna Muzammil, the plan “another potentially devastating blow” for central Milton Keynes. She says she threatens market traders, students, residents and small business owners and warned that she is not luxury.
In a statement submitted in the council’s documents, he detailed the reason for detailing the proposal. She says: “The proposal depends on the results of the council's strategic review of parking lots, which is an initiative at the city level aimed at assessing the pressure of parking and setting the areas where the parking lots will help reduce these pressures.
“The proposal aims to manage the availability of parking and use it for the benefit of residents and companies. This will be achieved by changing a set of parking restrictions and parking places.”
The residents have long expressed their concerns about the costs of parking in the city center. More than 1,200 people took a petition in protest when the charges increased late last year.
Currently, standard identification bays cost 1 pounds per hour for the first two hours, then 50 pixels per hour. The price of excellent bays is 2.50 pounds for the first hour, followed by 2 pounds per hour, where many local population priced out of regular use. Many people rely on free bays for operation to obtain fast -receipt, or local tasks. Workers who move to CMK also say that the current setting helps compensate for the high transportation and living costs.
Milton Keynes has seen a steady rise in fees over recent years, with the costs of tax and car parking permit. Now, some people fear that the city center is not possible for those who have more strict budgets.
Local companies have echoed fears that high parking costs can deter shoppers. One of the owner of an independent store near the market said: “We rely on people can stand easily and at reasonable prices,” said one of the owner of an independent store near the market.
The council says that consulting is open to all and encourages general participation. Comments must be made by April 24 before making a final decision.
“We are facing huge budget challenges”
“The current consultation is the alignment of a small number of free parking places for two hours in the city center, which includes the areas that are used to service a food store recently, about 300 out of 21,000, with charges of the rest of the city parking.
“Milton Keynes is one of the main shopping destinations in the country with trademarks such as Apple and Harrods Beauty and Spacenk alongside Primark that attracts more than 20 million visits last year, an increase of 1.5 %, while many other high streets struggle.”
“The standard areas of the Gulf Bay’s standard cost about 83 points per hour for 3 hours, which is relatively cheap compared to most other major city centers and parking lots owned by the private sector in the city. While the main reason for consultation is not, like all MK boards, the MK City Council currently faces more reforms that support the additional council, which increases additional support, which increases reform, which increases reform, which increases reform , Which increases the reform, which increases the support of reform, supporting additional measure, supporting additional procedure, supporting additional input, supporting the additional procedure of reform, and supporting additional entry.
Comments are urged to be written and sent to the traffic regulation order team in the Council of Milton Keynes, Civil offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes MK9 3EJ, or by email to [email protected] Quoted from the reference TO-420.
