Cheshire East has announced it will soon no longer to be free to use Alsager’s car parks on Sundays.
The current date for the new parking charge is yet to be announced, but it will begin some time during the month of May.
This comes after parking charges were initially introduced in November last year from Monday to Saturday.
There will be an increase in some parking charges and permits, while the number of hours the charges are in place for have been extended. It will now cost to park at any time between 8am and 10pm, except at Fairview car park, which is still free to use after 3pm.
Councillor Mark Goldsmith, chair of Cheshire East Council’s highways and transport committee, said: “When benchmarked against neighbouring councils, it is clear that our current parking charges are significantly lower. Nor do they reflect inflation as this is also only the second time parking charges have been increased since Cheshire East was formed in 2009.
“Coupled with the council’s financial challenges, we have little option but to look at how we maximise our income and ensure that the charges we collect are sufficient to help cover the rising costs of maintaining, managing, and enforcing our car parks.
“Any surplus from parking charges is money that can be used to support other services that fall under the highways and transport committee, for example roads maintenance or Sunday and evening bus services.”
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