Bingham– New measures to increase the availability of car parking spaces across Bingham’s car parks will be introduced from October 1 with two hours of free parking at Newgate Street and Needham Street.
Free parking for 30 minutes in the bays around the marketplace will also be introduced to improve parking through encouraging short stay rather than all day parking in the town centre.
Nottinghamshire County Council is also progressing its own consultation process for similar changes to the on-street bays around the marketplace.
In addition at Bingham Arena around 30 chargeable spaces will be made available for long stay parking aimed at staff working at local businesses and there has been a positive take up for these permits.
In Newgate Street and Needham Street the new car park tariffs will be:
Up to 2 hours – free with a voucher from the machine or with RingGo
Up to 3 hours – £1
Up to 4 hours – £5
Over 4 hours – £10
Parking charges will apply Monday to Sunday between 8am to 6pm.
Notices are around all the car parks to inform visitors of the changes and new signage will start to be displayed in the car parks from September 30.
Rushcliffe Borough Council’s (RBC) Cabinet worked in conjunction with the Bingham Car Parking Strategy Group to discuss proposals to help shape the new tariffs in place to improve parking availability in the town centre.
The Council took into account the views of residents and business owners balanced against the findings of surveys from car park users last year.
RBC’s Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Environment and Safety Cllr Rob Inglis said: “These new measures will be introduced from October 1 and are focused on maximising the availability of spaces for short stay users and those who wish to stay longer, in line with data from car park users.
“The new tariffs for Newgate Street and Needham Street car parks will remain two hours free of charge with the needs of shoppers and visitors prioritised.
“Any funds received from car parking only meet the cost of the changes that are required such as new car park machines and contributing to the overall cost of maintaining the Borough’s car parks.”
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