Originally Posted by gynn (Post 919044)

I'm sure there are some Councils up and down the land who would, if they could.

With car parking, most Councils charge. Hyndburn don't. It is a clear decision not to have income that they could have, so to balance the books they have to look at cost reductions or income generation elsewhere in the budget.

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 918981)

I dont agree with local councils (or anyone) charging you to park on a street you have paid road tax to use. Hyndburn have got it right and its about time on street parking charges were banned. Charging to park on a car park is a different matter and it is really good its free in Accy.

Originally Posted by mick (Post 919047)

So should all them that Park on the Pavement down Blackburn road be charged or is it going to stay free parking too :p

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 918977)

If you're going to argue that free car parking should somehow be recorded as a loss of income, the same could be said of the health service, and state education.

We've already paid for 'free' parking.

I guess we're just lucky that in Hyndburn we don't have to pay for it twice over.

Perhaps some numpties would like to see tolls imposed to use every street and road, because not to do so means it's a' loss of income' from government coffers.

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 918981)

I dont agree with local councils (or anyone) charging you to park on a street you have paid road tax to use. Hyndburn have got it right and its about time on street parking charges were banned. Charging to park on a car park is a different matter and it is really good its free in Accy.

Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 919194)

If there are two neighbouring towns that Accy should be compared with (in terms of size, architecture and spatial lay-out), they are Hebden Bridge and Skipton. Both of these towns have parking charges yet both are regarded as processing some of the best shopping areas in the UK and being amongst the best places to live in the UK.

I certainly cannot be arsed to to do any shopping in Accy town centre any longer, given the volume of traffic and the resultant air pollution. It's a quick visit to Tesco - get in, shop and get out and 'owt else I need when I'm back there I arrange to get on line. No way do I wish to run the gauntlet of drunks, fatso's and lazy drivers lurching from one dodgy retail outlet to another (T-shirt print shops excepted).

The problem of course, is that the borough is in the dark ages when it comes to shopping. There are no town centre cycle lanes and there is but one pedestrianised thoroughfare, Broadway. The rest is a first degree mess. The sooner that restrictions are placed on cars coming into the town centre, the better and that will mean that a different class of shoppers will return, with a more prosperous town centre for everyone.