Source - news release from St Albans Council on 13 March 14
Changes are being made to charges at car parks to make the most of available capacity, helping workers and visitors to St Albans.
The new charges come into effect at car parks owned by St Albans City and District Council from 1 April. They are designed to encourage the use of particular car parks by leisure users, workers or shoppers. It means that the charges will now vary between car parks managed on behalf of the Council by NCP under its new contract.
Workers wanting to park all day in St Albans will now only have to pay £5 if they park at the following NCP-managed car parks:
Bricket Road North
Keyfield Terrace
Gombards,
Townsend Avenue.
At NCP car parks elsewhere in the City and at the Civic Centre, it will cost £10 for all-day parking.
Charges have also been frozen or reduced for stays of up to three hours at the following NCP car parks, benefitting leisure users and shoppers:
Drovers Way
Russell Avenue
Bowers Way East
Bowers Way West
London Road
Amenbury Lane
Adelaide Street
Leisure users and shoppers will still be able to use the Council-run Westminster Lodge car park free of charge for up to two hours.
They will also be able to park on Sundays for £1 at the Council’s NCP car parks and at the Council-run Civic Centre car park (accessed from Bricket Road, St Albans). This will mean that on Sundays the City centre car parks normally used by visitors will have the same £1 charge. This will allow us to promote shopping in St Albans more easily. The charge also compares favourably with surrounding areas.
The new contract with NCP also provides for improvements to car parks. Brighter LED lighting will be installed at Drovers Way and Russell Avenue, helping to improve the safety of customers. A Pay By Phone service is also being introduced at all NCP car parks, making it easier for customers to pay for parking. This will complement the Pay By Phone service introduced in August last year in relation to off-road and on-street parking.
The Council has also reviewed the cost of parking permits and is introducing a 2% increase. For a resident’s all day permit Type B this equates to an increase of 76p to £38.76.
I didn't know that there was going to be 2% increase for the Type B day permit. I suppose if the car park maintenance costs go up, the funds need to come from somewhere. A 2% hike doesn't seem too high, I hope everyone using it can still afford it. http://www.industrialsweeping.com.au
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