Car Parking

Car Parking topic within the Access theme.

Personal Views/Issues

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Barry McGuire - "Car parking is too expensive in Darlington for the shops available. I do some of my shopping at Teesside Park because it's got free parking and it's close both Middlesbrough, which has free parking for 2 hours, and Stockton that only costs £1 for 2 hours. The East Street (Wilkos) parking spaces are too narrow and there's a 2 inch deep puddle that develops when it's been raining - I'm definitely not paying to get soaking wet cold feet."

Council Car Parks
From 1st Nov 2014 all DBC Off-street car parks will have 3 hours for the price of 2. Four hours is charged at 4 hours.

Resolution
Our main competitors in close proximity to each other (Middlesbrough, Stockton and Teesside Park) have low cost or free parking for 2 hours. The only way we can compete with them is to offer free parking for 2 hours in all council car parks.

Costing
£1.7m per year. (NB: The council can't afford this with their budget constraints. Resolution needs reviewing.)