The Mail readers react to the news that Barrow Borough Council has increased the amount it rakes in on parking charges year on year:
June Eccles Ah well, at least we know who was paying for the tea, coffee, & biscuits, it was all you lot that paid for a parking space
Natalie Mcgruddy I bet Lancaster council has made more, the parking charges here are ridiculous
Trevor Jones Am I missing something here?
If they only collected £47,000 in parking charges throughout the whole town for a year, how is it cost-effective when staff wages and administrative costs are taken into account?
Why not scrap all parking charges, have everywhere free parking and don't have any staff or admin costs?
Liam Hart Why are police giving out parking tickets late of a evening when parking wardens have finished for the day? Council not making enough money from the working class! I got a ticket after 7pm outside the mall last week when I went out for tea at Kapadokya.
David Shaw Without knowing the numbers parking, and the proportion breaching parking regulations, it’s impossible to compare the sums collected from one year to another or reach any conclusions on the sums quoted in the article
Brendan Sweeney How much did the government get from the car parks in business rates?
Karen Brewer How much did they pay in parking attendants salaries?Automated barrier systems can be pretty straightforward
Brendan Sweeney Karen Brewer They are also expensive, prone to vandalism and the cash boxes still need emptying.
Jackie Walker How much they spent on parking wardens wages?
David Armistead What about pot holes in Barrow, in fact some area's new roads?
Richie Lloyd Meanwhile, in other news, the Town Centre is dying due to lack of footfall
Karen Brewer Brendan Sweeney isn’t that just the pity of the sign of the times we live in as much progress anyone makes there is someone there to just ruin it for everyone.
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