Empty Long Stays?
Maybe it’s age kicking in here, maybe in our youth we’ve not seen it all after all! Are you ready for this? At the same time Walsall Council are fining residents in short stay bays while also not offering them parking permits, and it’s mostly evening parking that is in demand, Lower Rushall Street stands closed on an evening! One of the biggest long stay car parks in the area and within reasonable walking distance from the distress in Goodall Street and Freer Street, it goes to waste.
Mind you if you did want a permit here that’s gonna cost you £80/month from Friday, I wonder if you can get in there before Friday and secure yourself a great deal on a yearly season ticket? Shame on you Walsall Council, giving non resident permit scheme holders the “option” of paying £800 a year (from May 1st) to park on a Saturday? It’s Saturday that is mostly of concern because most residents who commute to work don’t really park on a weekday as such and Sunday is generally a stress free day and the short stay bays are perfect for us on a weekday evening. It’s Saturday when we get stung, so why £800 just for Saturday parking? Traders may “benefit” from another cost to their business because they would need to park during ON PEAK times but for residents it seems very inconceivable that a whooping £800 a year is feasible. Do you know that’s almost a doubling of a residents council tax? Overnight, nice one Walsall nice one, didn’t you say this WASN’T about generating revenue? Doesn’t feel that way if we are honest here, feels like being robbed of money we don’t have.
More on the charge increases coming soon! Remember Friday May 1st a shocking increase is coming for long stay car parks (with minimal increases for short staying parkers (10p), ie not residents or traders, all day parking goes up by 140p), forcing residents who aren’t covered by any schemes, to pay £5 a day just to park not even remotly close to where they live!!
This is yet another one of those opportunities going to waste, residents may take up a discounted long stay permit, if it was restricted to a handful of long stay car parks, I mean who wants to drive past where they live, park half way across town and walk back to where they live in the pouring rain, just to avoid getting a parking fine in short stay? Madness. Options are there, let’s use em!
A Huge Thank You!
Walsall Parking would like to give a huge shout out to the Civil Enforcement Officers for doing a stunning job of ridding parkers from outside ASDA! Walsall Council in for the win!
The area is so much safer now that most of the cars have been scared away, good work! Here’s hoping the good news extends to some help for the residents and traders of the town who are about to be whacked over the head with a plastic cup, well maybe not, but there are hefty charge increases on the way for Friday!
Was wondering though if the sign on entry into this zone is easy enough to understand before entering it? Because Walsall Parking’s owner was mighty confused by this sign, took a while to work out but then she has lost a few braincells recently trying to get her head around all the changes!
