Residents in the Town centre have been complaining about the new ticket machines in the Babergh car parks. They stop issuing tickets at 5pm and restart at 8am. So what? Well if you are a resident in a small terraced house with no on-street parking or off street parking who has used the car parks for years or a resident in a new flat built because planning policy allows flats to be built without spaces if public car parks are nearby then it does matter. Why? because residents are getting penalty notices for non display of a ticket even if a few minutes late. Its inflexible, residents had no warning and the solution is quite simple either a) machines dispense tickets all day or b) give residents adjoining the 2 car parks a permit valid till 11am (3 hr wait).
Some do not like the machines but parking is still free and they manage the spaces well. People were obviously overstaying the 3 hour limit before.
The County Council really need to help us deal with our traffic problems in a co-ordinated and integrated way. Everything is piecemeal. I think the County Council really don't know what to do about traffic in Sudbury.
Some do not like the machines but parking is still free and they manage the spaces well. People were obviously overstaying the 3 hour limit before.
The County Council really need to help us deal with our traffic problems in a co-ordinated and integrated way. Everything is piecemeal. I think the County Council really don't know what to do about traffic in Sudbury.
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