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Title: ^20 million cost of parking for Bristol drivers Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 08, 2008, 00:40:24 Drivers across the Bristol region forked out almost ^20 million in parking charges last year.
According to the Department for Communities and Local Government, Bristol City Council collected ^8.5m from motorists. The income came from parking services, including car parks, parking meters, residents' permits, season tickets and fines, although it was down on the previous year when ^9.3m was raked in. After costs, including equipment, traffic wardens' wages and operating and maintaining car parks, the council made ^2m last year. Bath and North East Somerset took ^8.8m, North Somerset ^1.5m and South Gloucestershire ^97,000 before costs. The Department for Transport has warned councils not to use parking enforcement as a tool for raising revenue. See http://thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144913&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231190&home=yes&more_nodeId1=144922&contentPK=21030614 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |