Andrew Simpson

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Northampton North Constituency

 Change in vote in 2005

Lib Dems to review car park charges

4.00.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 19th Jun 2006

Northampton Lib Dems have pledged to take action on town centre car parking charges. The move follows a recent hike that has seen the hourly rate shoot up to 80p per hour in central car parks.

Leading the campaign for the Lib Dems, Borough Councillor Richard Church said: "The increases are hitting people hard, particularly those on low pay, including the thousands of town centre workers.

"People earning the minimum wage can't afford to fork out for an annual season ticket at nearly £1,400. Left to the Lib Dems, there would be a review of long stay charges and better season ticket incentives such as the option to buy a 3 or 6 month ticket.

"Ultimately we would like to establish a fast, efficient and cheap park and ride system which would tackle this problem and relieve the town's congestion."

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