The Albion Roar
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Could you give a specific example of £6.00 an hour car park charges as run by Brighton & Hove City Council? Thanks.
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Parking charges and revenue
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Could you give a specific example of £6.00 an hour car park charges as run by Brighton & Hove City Council? Thanks.
The Albion Roar
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Now that would be a brilliant thing.
However, the council - for the most part - doesn't pay for them. Central government does.
BensGrandad
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I am not sure whether that figure was total including fines or just revenue from parking meters. Is this a rise due to there being no cash meters now but all paid by a card.
If I park in town I expect to pay for parking and if Brighton wants to charge top whack, so be it. What does annoy me is that you have to sign up to different companies in each town to pay by phone. Eastbourne has a different one to Brighton. Horsham is different too.
Having had my moan most times I go into Brighton or Eastbourne I use the marvellous Coaster Bus service with my OAP bus pass so if parking charges are used to fund bus passes I am all for it.
Having had my moan most times I go into Brighton or Eastbourne I use the marvellous Coaster Bus service with my OAP bus pass so if parking charges are used to fund bus passes I am all for it.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
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Would it be ok if we spent the money on a left back?
driller
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Slightly wrong but still outrageous:
Lanes pay and display
£4.00 per hour
£8 for 2 hours.
Absolute rip off.
vegster
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- May 5, 2008
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Before the 2015 Council elections :
This shows the cynical anti-car and anti-business agenda of the Green party and a complete disregard for the citizens of Brighton.
After the 2015 council elections:
This shows the result of good, efficient, management of council revenue streams in order to benefit the businesses and people of Brighton.
It all depends on your view.
This shows the cynical anti-car and anti-business agenda of the Green party and a complete disregard for the citizens of Brighton.
After the 2015 council elections:
This shows the result of good, efficient, management of council revenue streams in order to benefit the businesses and people of Brighton.
It all depends on your view.
Last weekend parked behind The Grand. Thought we were there for 24 hours, but Mrs OW forgot a bag so after 4.5 hours paid the £18.50 to leave and returned an hour later, re-parked and stumped up about £26 the next morning! £40 on parking for 24 hours!
Return of the Rev
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Ban oap's from buses! and spoons!
BensGrandad
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Both would go broke as it is the oap that keep them going.
dejavuatbtn
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Actually, it's the council that keeps the buses going because oaps don't have to pay anything. And it's not just oaps. You don't have to be an oap to get a free pass - men get them at the equivalent female retirement age. So we have a situation where blokes still at work can park up somewhere for free (usually in a nice residential street) and get a free lift in to work on the bus. I know a lot of people who use local free car parks, or free on street parking, and bus into brighton for free, and still get back to their cars within the relevant time limit.
So really, the rules on bus pass qualification need reviewing, and the cost of parking in Brighton needs reviewing. Perhaps it's all part of the council's campaign to rid Brighton of locals and import people from London who are happy to pay inflated prices for our houses and parking their 4x4s.
Parking and car travel around town is just a joke. Gradually parking controls are going in ever increasing circles from the centre - soon noone will be able to park outside their houses without a permit.
Another issue is the expansion of local schools and them allowing people from all over town to take their kids there. I live in Westdene and the local Primary school has always been popular, despite the local roads and infrastructure being unable to support it. So what did they do - yep, made it bigger! So now it is gridlock mornings and afternoons with mums in their 4x4s, car prangs, irate drivers, annoyed neighbours.
Rant over.
The problem is that the council has stretched this cash cow far too far. For example, when residents parking was first proposed it was promised the cost of the permits would be set at a level just to cover the costs of the scheme. Bristol City Council ( a city that in many respects mirrors ours - loads of students, Victorian narrow streets, similar population numbers ) also made the same promise to their residents.
So the question has to be asked why B&H permits are 3 to 4 times more expensive than Bristol ones ? It can only be one of two reasons :
1. Our council are so poorly run that running the residents parking schemes really does cost that much more.
2. They lied.
So the question has to be asked why B&H permits are 3 to 4 times more expensive than Bristol ones ? It can only be one of two reasons :
1. Our council are so poorly run that running the residents parking schemes really does cost that much more.
2. They lied.
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BensGrandad
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theboybilly
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Here's hoping
Seasidesage
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theboybilly
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dejavuatbtn
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For info - it will have depended on his dob. There is a calculator on the gov website as retirement dates for men and women have been changed so much in the past few years. However, because of equality rules, they had to reduce the qualification age for men down to the equivalent age for women. The qualification rules are the same nationwide, although different councils have different rules when the passes may be used.
The Albion Roar
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Absolutely, with one correction at the end.
The car parking charges haven't affected visitors - car parks are still full, and the council benefits.
All this talk of Brighton becoming a ghost town was, quite predictably, utter gibberish.
BensGrandad
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That is not correct as I have checked with both brother and sister in law and what I have said is correct and West Sussex Council say she has to wait until; she reaches 62 and him until he reaches 65. Nothing whatsoever to do with their jobs as she worked in a nursing home and he worked at Beechams.
dejavuatbtn
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https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-elderly-person-bus-pass
In England you can get a bus pass for free travel when you reach the female State Pension age, whether you’re a man or a woman.