UPDATED: Parking in Bournemouth's parks to stay free - for now (From Bournemouth Echo)
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UPDATED: Parking in Bournemouth's parks to stay free - for now
10:00am Wednesday 6th February 2013 in News By Julie Magee
UPDATED: Parking in Bournemouth's parks to stay free - for now
PROPOSALS for parking restrictions and charges in Bournemouth's parks could be amended before the public is asked for its views.
Plans to charge for free spaces in Bournemouth's parks.
The council's economy and tourism panel considered various options for Meyrick Park, Kings Park, Queens Park, Slades Farm and Solent Meads amid concerns that free car parks are being abused by workers, football fans, school-run parents and other non-park users.
Different solutions were discussed for each location. In both Queens Park car parks the recommendation was to restrict free parking to two hours and install parking meters for anyone wishing to stay longer.
At Meyrick Park the suggestion was a time restriction of four hours during the working week and at Slades Farm the suggestion was to restrict free parking to three hours between Monday and Friday.
At Solent Meads the proposal was to have one hour's worth of free parking in half the car park and allocate the remaining half to golfers. Meters could also be installed there.
In Kings Park the suggestion was to enforce no parking areas and double yellow lines and allocate some parking areas for permit holders only.
Chairman Bob Chapman said: “The sole reason for this report is to look at issues where people are having difficulty in gaining access to certain activities in parks because of all-day parking.”
Cllr Ian Lancashire, who led the task and finish public parks review group, said: “Parks are becoming massive public car parks; these issues need to be tackled.”
But Cllr Sue Levell voiced fears that two hours free parking in Queen's Park was not enough time for elderly residents, adding: “There is no overall consistency.”
Cllr Mark Anderson said he had concerns about the Queen's Park proposals; adding: “It is a balancing act and I am rather concerned about just one hour's free parking at Solent Meads.”
Cllr Lancashire said the suggestions would be looked at again, in light of concerns raised, before being put out to public consultation.
Comments(18)
Wageslave
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8:27pm Tue 5 Feb 13
ly all money goes into the same pot.
Apb1964
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11:10pm Tue 5 Feb 13
Bob49
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11:20pm Tue 5 Feb 13
or the roads are being freed up for use by all locals, NOT outside commuters who take up the space ALL day
charging is used EVERYWHERE else to regulate 'fair' usage so the quicker we can bring in a system that returns parks to the locals the better
Phixer
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4:56am Wed 6 Feb 13
Bob49 wrote:Ah, some lateral thinking - not. Charge for everything to 'regulate' the masses.
"So we as citizens are being charged to park on our own land!"
or the roads are being freed up for use by all locals, NOT outside commuters who take up the space ALL day
charging is used EVERYWHERE else to regulate 'fair' usage so the quicker we can bring in a system that returns parks to the locals the better
How about a charge to walk in the park? How about a charge to take a dog into a public space? How about a charge to cycle along the prom - we already have to pay to walk on 'our' pier?
Like it or not 'outside commuters' also contribute to BBC funds through general taxation as well as financing local businesses - which are taxed.
Parking problems wouldn't exist without misguided 'green' parking policies which have done nothing but blight neighbourhoods and public areas.
EGHH
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6:56am Wed 6 Feb 13
Talkingheadera
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7:21am Wed 6 Feb 13
Phixer wrote:Well said
Bob49 wrote:Ah, some lateral thinking - not. Charge for everything to 'regulate' the masses.
"So we as citizens are being charged to park on our own land!"
or the roads are being freed up for use by all locals, NOT outside commuters who take up the space ALL day
charging is used EVERYWHERE else to regulate 'fair' usage so the quicker we can bring in a system that returns parks to the locals the better
How about a charge to walk in the park? How about a charge to take a dog into a public space? How about a charge to cycle along the prom - we already have to pay to walk on 'our' pier?
Like it or not 'outside commuters' also contribute to BBC funds through general taxation as well as financing local businesses - which are taxed.
Parking problems wouldn't exist without misguided 'green' parking policies which have done nothing but blight neighbourhoods and public areas.
Lord Spring
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8:44am Wed 6 Feb 13
l'anglais
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9:52am Wed 6 Feb 13
Bob49 wrote:It's not the locals land or the locals that pay the majority of Tax to maintain the Parks or the roads.
"So we as citizens are being charged to park on our own land!"
or the roads are being freed up for use by all locals, NOT outside commuters who take up the space ALL day
charging is used EVERYWHERE else to regulate 'fair' usage so the quicker we can bring in a system that returns parks to the locals the better
Council Tax pays for 20% of the Council's budget.
80% comes from the National Exchequer.
So to my reckoning the Roads and Parks are for all, not just the Xenophobic local inbred.
rayc
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10:03am Wed 6 Feb 13
Lord Spring wrote:It is the car ownership and the taxes imposed on it that have rebuilt Europe since the war. During the fuel protests Tony Blair went to great pains to explain that vehicle taxes paid for schools, hospitals and other vital services.
The point that everyone is missing is that the car is dominating the world and has ruined it,
The car has freed up the masses to travel independently, perhaps that is what those opposed to car ownership object to.
Hessenford
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10:16am Wed 6 Feb 13
EGHH wrote:That's why the council want to take away the free parking, to drive everyone into the town carpark's to raise even more revenue, that's their main concern, not this pretence of freeing up carpark's for so called genuine users.
I went into Bournemouth Monday lunchtime. The Richmond Hill car park was virtually empty, in the past it was nearly impossible to park. The shopping area was like a Sunday. The Council is killing the town. Disgraceful.
speedy231278
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10:26am Wed 6 Feb 13
If the council keep battering motorists on parking, they'll visit other places instead, and even less money will come in to town, and even more shops will shut. Exactly the same happened in a major shopping area where my parents live. Parking went up dramatically after the council opened a park and ride two miles out of town. It was, and still is, virtually deserted as no-one will drive two miles out the way to get a slow, smelly bus back and pay through the nose, nor pay through the nose for parking in town. Result, the new shopping centre stands more empty than not, the best part of a decade after they opened it...!
Hessenford
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10:32am Wed 6 Feb 13
Lord Spring wrote:The motorist is hammered by taxes where ever he or she goes through VED, fuel duty and extortionate parking charges.
The point that everyone is missing is that the car is dominating the world and has ruined it,
God knows what our council tax bills would be without the motorist being ripped off at every turn and god knows where this country would be without the billions paid by motorists to the government.
Far from ruining the world the car has provided mass funding to make it a better place.
You will be the first to complain when the motorist can no longer afford to pay all these taxes and it falls on the rest of the people to make up the short fall.
The chancellor has already complained that fuel duty alone was 2 billions short last year, I wonder why that could be.
The government and local councils profess that they want people out of cars onto alternative transport but they don't tell us how the lost revenue would be recuperated.
Around £30 billion is raised in fuel duty alone each year and that does not include VAT, a further £6 billion in vehicle excise duty, that goes a long way to reducing your tax bill every year so don't knock the car too much as you may regret it later when your tax goes through the roof.
Lord Spring
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10:47am Wed 6 Feb 13
It just proves that the car dominates if we have to depend on it to raise taxation
Hessenford
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10:51am Wed 6 Feb 13
Lord Spring wrote:It's not you that depends on it, but the government does, the motorist has been used as a cash cow for years to keep your tax down so when that money reduces as cars become less affordable to run you and others are in for a reality check.
And is the world a better place ?
It just proves that the car dominates if we have to depend on it to raise taxation
rayc
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11:24am Wed 6 Feb 13
Lord Spring wrote:Yes the world, and specifically Europe, is a better place than it was at the end of the war.
And is the world a better place ?
It just proves that the car dominates if we have to depend on it to raise taxation
Phixer
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4:33pm Wed 6 Feb 13
Lord Spring wrote:and your considered response to that piece of wisdom is what, exactly?
The point that everyone is missing is that the car is dominating the world and has ruined it,
Go back to the horse and cart? That'll put the 'greens' in a quandry. Environmentally friendly transport. But wait, I hear you say, what about all that greenhouse gas caused by horse flatulence?
And how will Eff'n safety cope with the danger of sitting behind an animal in a cart with no brakes or seat belts?
Lord Spring
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4:53pm Wed 6 Feb 13
Dr Strangelove says...
8:20pm Tue 5 Feb 13