Council reduces planned car parking charge increase after backlash

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Parking charges will increase by ten per cent in January after the council scaled back its original plans following local opposition.

Parking charges will rise by ten per cent from January, the council has announced. The increase represents a considerable scaling back of the council's original proposals, which faced backlash from local residents.

Thousands of residents provided feedback on the planned charges, prompting the council to reduce the scope of the increase. The ten per cent rise will now come into effect in the new year.

Council reduces planned car parking charge increase after backlash — Image: Somerset County Gazette

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Council waters down planned increase in car parking charges after backlashSomerset County Gazette · 1 Oct, 16:00
Council waters down planned increase in car parking charges after backlashBridgwater Mercury · 1 Oct, 16:00

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