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CHANGING THE HABITS OF A LIFETIME
It’s human nature to be wary of change, and when it is likely to hit pockets, then change is even more unwelcome, as the mayor of Doncaster is discovering.
Councillors and traders in the South
Yorkshire district of Mexborough are set to fight controversial plans to charge motorists for using the town’s multi-storey car park. Peter Davies, mayor of Doncaster, wants to charge drivers an hourly rate to park at the site, which has been free for more than 30 years.
Market traders may organise a petition in an attempt to stop the proposal, which they believe will price shoppers out of town. The scheme has also sparked protests from Mexborough councillors, who objected to the plan at Doncaster Council’s overview and scrutiny management committee meeting earlier in the year.
The charges are included in Davies’ draft budget proposal for the coming financial year. The authority hopes to generate incomes of £50,000 in 2013/14 and £210,000 for the years following. The
charges are set at 50p for one hour, £1 for two hours and £2 all day.
But Mexborough councillors are hopeful of negotiating a deal with Davies for free parking for the first couple of hours. Cllr David Holland said: ‘Public meetings
which we have held have generally welcomed the idea of creating a shoppers’ car park with the first three hours free and a charge thereafter, provided the income was used to make much needed improvements.’
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