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Since coming to power on Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in May 2008 the Conservative administration has contracted out a few things. One of them is the collection of monies for car parking.
For the past few years December has been a ‘no fee on Sunday’ month. Sunday trading has receded over the years and this is a seasonal initiative to make the town more accessible for residents and of course it gives a boost for traders.
I was surprised that there was not a publicity push this year as is normal and on the first Sunday’s of December I displayed a parking ticket as did others. It is only last week that I saw in the local newspaper that December was indeed free parking on Sunday month. What a cock up. To make matters worse the very last Sunday their was a small notice away from the coin slot advising people that they did not need to pay on Sunday. Some machines were blocked off at the coin slot but not all of them. There were many people displaying tickets as normal.
Because of this I have sent out the following press release:
I have noticed that throughout the supposed 'Free Sunday Parking' month of December there have been many cars with tickets on display. Indeed many people, myself included, were not aware of it and bought parking tickets as normal before seeing in local newspapers last week that seasonal Sunday parking was free for the month of December. There were certainly no notices on the Co-op car park in Nuneaton for the first two December Sunday's. This last Sunday there was a small notice and some of the machines had been blocked off but there were still quite a few drivers who had displayed tickets. This lack of ability to organise a contractor to run a car park seems to me to be symptomatic of the manner in which this Conservative administration is running the council.
Cllr Martyn Findley,
British National Party.
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