Time to fork out for park and ride
COMMUTERS and shoppers will have to pay £1.50 a day to park at three of Oxford’s park and ride car parks.
The new fees will be introduced at Pear Tree, Redbridge and Seacourt car parks as early as October after the collapse of a subsidy deal between the county and city councils. Users have not paid to use the sites since 2008.
If councillors back the new charges, users will have to pay £1.50 a day, £7.50 for a week-long pass, and £30 for four weeks from October 1.
But parking at the two county council-owned sites – Thornhill and Water Eaton – will remain free for commuters and shoppers, although a new charge for London commuters is planned.
In 2008, Oxfordshire County Council took over the running of the city council’s three car parks, subsidising them to bring them in line with their own sites by axeing the £1-a-day fee.
Under the agreement, the county paid the city £250,000 a year to make up for the loss of revenue, and covered the £700,000 annual running costs.
But cash-strapped County Hall is now unable to afford the arrangement, and has handed control of the three car parks back to the city.
City council leader Bob Price said the new charge would cover the sites’ running costs and replace the annual subsidy.
He said: “The whole ethos of park and ride right back to the 1970s when it started was that it should be free for the ‘park’ and the ‘ride’ should be charged.
“If we were in a better financial position and the level of Government grant had not been cut by 30 per cent, we would be keen to try to keep the price lower than £1.50 or make it free.
“That would be the aspiration, but realistically, in the current financial situation and given the state of the national finances, I am a bit pessimistic about getting back in that position.”
He added: “We expect some resistance but probably not a huge amount.
“The car parks are usually pretty full, and we do not think that level of charge will make a massive difference.
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COMMUTERS and shoppers will have to pay £1.50 a day to park at three of Oxford's park and ride car parks. The new fees will be introduced at Pear Tree, Redbridge and Seacourt car parks as early as October after the collapse of a subsidy
"More people have been using the park and ride sites, and fewer people have been driving into the city centre in the last three years. "This has helped reduce congestion and made the city centre a more pleasant environment."
The extra park and ride charges will not be the most destructive cuts to hit Oxford. But when it comes to household bills, every little hurts. With petrol prices still sky high, commuters could well do without an extra £1.50 a day, and the extra levy
Green hostility to park-and-ride schemes has also diminished in office. In truth, many hard-pressed communities would love to have the problems which face this city nestling between the sea and a national park. In the Amex Stadium Brighton's football
William Graham Addy was born on July 23 to Jenny and Cory Addy in Oxford, Miss. Jenny has a three-month leave from her job with Pfizer Drug Company. Corey is with Bank of Oxford. William's brother is 16-month-old Jackson Addy.
Time to fork out for park and ride (From Oxford Mail)
COMMUTERS and shoppers will have to pay £1.50 a day to park at three of Oxford’s park and ride car parks.
The new fees will be introduced at Pear Tree, Redbridge and Seacourt car parks as early as October after the collapse of a subsidy deal between the county and city councils. Users have not paid to use the sites since 2008.
If councillors back the new charges, users will have to pay £1.50 a day, £7.50 for a week-long pass, and £30 for four weeks from October 1.
But parking at the two county council-owned sites – Thornhill and Water Eaton – will remain free for commuters and shoppers, although a new charge for London commuters is planned.
In 2008, Oxfordshire County Council took over the running of the city council’s three car parks, subsidising them to bring them in line with their own sites by axeing the £1-a-day fee.
Under the agreement, the county paid the city £250,000 a year to make up for the loss of revenue, and covered the £700,000 annual running costs.
But cash-strapped County Hall is now unable to afford the arrangement, and has handed control of the three car parks back to the city.
City council leader Bob Price said the new charge would cover the sites’ running costs and replace the annual subsidy.
He said: “The whole ethos of park and ride right back to the 1970s when it started was that it should be free for the ‘park’ and the ‘ride’ should be charged.
“If we were in a better financial position and the level of Government grant had not been cut by 30 per cent, we would be keen to try to keep the price lower than £1.50 or make it free.
“That would be the aspiration, but realistically, in the current financial situation and given the state of the national finances, I am a bit pessimistic about getting back in that position.”
He added: “We expect some resistance but probably not a huge amount.
“The car parks are usually pretty full, and we do not think that level of charge will make a massive difference.
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