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Parking charges
cut
PARKING is about to get
less painful on the pocket for Liverpool motorists, with the launch
of reduced charges at City Centre pay-and-display bays. The
City council's move to cut the cost of parking at City Centre
pay-and-display bays by almost 10%, comes into effect on Friday, 30
November 2012, with an even bigger reduction being introduced at
Mount Pleasant car park.
The reductions, which follow a public consultation exercise in
September, bring the cost of parking at City Centre pay-and-display
bays in-line with where it stood in 2008. It's set to give a big
boost to businesses, shoppers and visitors, in the run-up to
Christmas and beyond. And as part of the changes, the maximum
time vehicles can park at pay and display bays in the City Centre is
being increased from 2 hours to 4.
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said:- "These changes will
bring huge benefits to motorists, easing the burden on people's
pockets in tough economic times, as well as giving a boost to
businesses by attracting more shoppers and visitors into the City
Centre. I'm delighted that these changes are being introduced in
time for Christmas. This an important time of year for our retailers
and it's vital we do as much as we can to support them. By making
parking more convenient and affordable, not just this Christmas, but
throughout the year, we can make sure our City Centre continues to
thrive."
Under the proposals, the cost for parking for 30 minutes at
pay-and-display bays which fall within the 'Inner Controlled Parking
Zone', will drop from £1.10 to £1; up to one hour will be cut from
£2.20 to £2; up to 1 hour and 30 minutes will be reduced from £3.30
to £3; and up to two hours will fall from £4.40 to £4. There will be
a capped cost of £5 for parking for between 2 and 4 hours.
Costs are falling even more sharply at Mount Pleasant car park. From
30 November 2012, parking for up to 1 hour will cost £1, down from
£1.30; up to 2 hours will be £2, down from £2.60; up to 3 hours will
fall to £3 from £3.90; and over 3 hours will be reduced to £4 from
£5.20.
The maximum motorists will pay at Mount Pleasant is £4, meaning that
motorists can park all day in the City Centre, at 1 of Mount
Pleasant's 1,850 spaces, for just £4, set against the current
all-day cost of £7.
People parking in car parks in the London Road area will also
benefit from a 10% reduction in charges (£1 for up to 1 hour,
reduced from £1.10) with the maximum they will pay capped at £3.50
(for over 3 hours), a reduction from the current maximum of £5.
The changes aim to promote the use of the City Centre's parking bays
by making them more affordable and convenient for shoppers and
visitors. It forms part of a major, City-wide review into the City's
parking policy, with further proposed changes to be announced in the
near future.
Liverpool City council's Cabinet Member for Transport, Councillor
Tim Moore, said:- "The cuts to parking charges - the first
we've made in a number of years; are aimed at making Liverpool City
Centre a more attractive destination. We think the reduced costs,
along with longer maximum parking times, will be really welcomed by
motorists, giving them more freedom and time to shop, eat, do
business and visit attractions. It's an important part of our wider
review of all aspects of parking in this City."
Ged Gibbons, Chief Executive of City Central and Commercial District
BIDs, which represent more than 1,400 businesses in the City Centre,
said:- "Anything that strengthens the City Centre's appeal to
visitors and shoppers, especially at Christmas, is to be welcomed.
Car parking charges are a critical factor for our retail sector and
the fact these cuts will encourage people to stay longer will
hopefully have a positive knock on effect at the tills."
The Oliver King Foundation campaign to get Defibrillators in public
buildings has already won the support of many organisations
including The Liverpool Echo, Liverpool Football Club, Everton
Football Club, Fulham Football Club, Liverpool NHS Primary Care
Trust, Liverpool City Council and others, including Members of
Parliament - Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham MP, Shadow
Education Secretary Stephen Twigg MP, Liverpool MPs Maria Eagle,
Luciana Berger & Steve Rotheram, and now Labour Leader Ed Miliband
MP. The Oliver King Foundation – SADS e-petition currently has
28,500signatures. It can be found by visiting:-
epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/29399.
For more information about the Oliver King Foundation, visit:-
theoliverkingfoundation.co.uk. |
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"ALCOHOL
MINIMUM PRICING: BETTER ENGLAND FREE THAN ENGLAND SOBER" SAYS
FREE MARKET AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THINK TANK
THE Libertarian Alliance,
the radical free market and civil liberties institute condemns
proposals to make it harder for poor people to buy alcohol. The
proposals include higher taxes, compulsory minimum prices for drink,
further controls on advertising, and power to close down retailers.
The only disagreement between the three main parities is how far
they wish to go. Speaking today in London, Dr Sean Gabb,
Director of the Libertarian Alliance, comments:- "These
measures, if adopted, amount to an attack on the poor. The ruling
class politicians who continually whine about alcohol will not be
affected by minimum pricing or the abolition of special offers. I
might add that none of them can be affected by such laws. Income
aside, anyone who lies his way into Parliament can look forward to
round the clock drinking in the Palace of Westminster of untaxed
alcohol. But the measures will hurt poor people, for whom alcohol
will become cripplingly expensive and hard to find. They have the
same right to drink as the rest of us. Bearing in mind the problems
willed on them by our exploitative ruling class, they often have a
greater need to drink. The claim that drinking 'causes' public
disorder is nonsense. Alcohol does not run about the streets. People
do. If people are making nuisances of themselves, the police should
be instructed to stop behaving like some equivalent of the Iranian
Revolutionary Guard and to start protecting life and property again.
The claim that drinking makes people unhealthy is irrelevant, where
not a lie. People must be regarded as responsible for their own
mistakes. Anyone who bleats about increased cost to the National
Health Service should consider that drinkers already pay more in
taxes than the alleged cost of treating their specific illnesses. We
oppose all controls on the availability of alcohol to adults. Better
England free than England sober."
The Libertarian Alliance believes:-
► That all the licensing laws should be
repealed;
► That all controls on the marketing of
alcohol should be repealed;
► That alcohol taxes should be reduced to
the same level as the lowest in the European Union, and that there
should be no increase in other taxes;
► That not a penny of the taxpayers' money
should be given to any organisation arguing against the above.
CCTV image
released of missing Willaston man
CHESHIRE Police have
released a CCTV image of a man reported missing in Willaston. David
Hannam, 80, was reported missing by his family on Sunday, 25
November 2012. He was last seen by his family on Thursday, 22
November 2012. This behaviour is out of character for David, who
lives in Neston Road, and police are becoming increasingly concerned
for his safety. David is described as 5′ 10" tall, of stocky build
with thin balding grey hair, and bushy grey eyebrows. CCTV from a
newsagents in Neston Road shows David in the shop at 7.42am on
Saturday morning. Inspector Richard Hill said:- "We are
continuing with our extensive enquiries to trace David and have
released this CCTV image as it is likely he is wearing the clothes
featured in the image. We are concerned for his welfare and have
been using our own specialist teams as well as Cheshire Lowland
Rescue in an effort to locate him. We are appealing to anyone who
may have seen David or someone matching his description to come
forward. We are also appealing for David himself to make contact
with us and let us know he is ok."
Anyone with any information is urged to call Cheshire Police on:-
101 quoting incident number 414 of 25 November 2012. |
