{"id":9936,"date":"2016-03-11T15:44:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=9936"},"modified":"2016-03-11T15:44:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:44:22","slug":"vale-leader-puts-controversial-car-parking-charges-on-hold-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/03\/11\/vale-leader-puts-controversial-car-parking-charges-on-hold-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale leader puts controversial car parking charges on hold &#8211; again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOWN centre <a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/2016\/01\/19\/scrap-parking-charges-plan-barry-cowbridge-says-councillor\/\">car parking charges in the Vale of Glamorgan<\/a> have been put on hold for another year.<br \/>\nThe Vale of Glamorgan Council&#8217;s U-turn comes after three years of uncertainty and lengthy debate between councillors and local traders.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10036\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wyndam-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10036\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10036\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wyndam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wyndham Street car park, Barry, will no longer face charges this year. \" width=\"740\" height=\"174\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10036\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wyndam-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wyndham Street car park, Barry, will no longer face charges this year. \" width=\"740\" height=\"174\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Wyndham Street car park in Barry is one of the car parks that has escaped the charges.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIn the council budget, passed last Wednesday, it became clear that they\u00a0would not be chasing &#8220;savings&#8221; by introducing car-parking charges in Barry and Cowbridge.<br \/>\nThe council had hoped to introduce parking fees at\u00a0five town centre car parks by April 2016.<br \/>\nMotorists would have had to pay between \u00a31 and \u00a35 at car parks on\u00a0Kendrick Road, Thompson Street and Wyndham Street in Barry,\u00a0as well as the Butts and Town Hall car parks in Cowbridge.<br \/>\nCouncil Leader Neil Moore said: &#8220;The introduction of town centre car parking charges had been proposed as one of the ways of finding the \u00a318 million of savings required over the next two years.<br \/>\n&#8220;However, during October and November 2015, senior managers and the cabinet members responsible for visible services and regeneration met with local traders in Barry and Cowbridge to discuss the impact that the introduction of charges could have.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10037\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wyndham-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10037\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10037\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wyndham-2-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Wyndham street car park, Barry.\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10037\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/wyndham-2-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Wyndham street car park, Barry.\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Wyndham street car park, Barry.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&#8220;Following this consultation it is being reconsidered whether or not the introduction of car parking charges in Barry and Cowbridge town centres is the best way of maintaining the two towns&#8217; car parks.<br \/>\n&#8220;Maintaining car parks across the Vale of Glamorgan costs the Council around \u00a3350,000 each year. While it should be stressed that no decision to implement car parking charges has ever been taken, we have listened to local traders and are now looking for alternative solutions to meeting this cost in the future.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis announcement has been met with joy by many, especially by local traders who were &#8220;dead set against the charges,&#8221; said\u00a0Dave Elliott, managing director of TL Computer Systems Wales on Holton Road.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Ian Johnson, who has long campaigned against the introduction of the charges, said: &#8220;I am pleased that there now seems no intention of introducing car park charges in Barry and Cowbridge this year.<br \/>\n&#8220;The Vale Council is there to support the needs of the local community, and part of those needs are to support thriving town centres, not put them at risk.&#8221;<br \/>\nVale of Glamorgan MP Alun Cairns is also celebrating the news. He is now calling on the council to deliver a car parking capacity scheme across the Vale rather than charging for spaces\u00a0in town centres.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aluncairns\/posts\/10156709249245599\" data-width=\"500\">A report finalising the decision to reconsider introducing\u00a0the\u00a0charges is due to be published shortly.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOWN centre car parking charges in the Vale of Glamorgan have been put on hold for another year. The Vale of Glamorgan Council&#8217;s U-turn comes after three years of uncertainty and lengthy debate between councillors and local traders. In the council budget, passed last Wednesday, it became clear that they\u00a0would not be chasing &#8220;savings&#8221; by introducing car-parking charges in Barry and Cowbridge. The council had hoped to introduce parking fees at\u00a0five town centre car parks by April 2016. 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