Really useful meeting today with NCC to discuss various options for car park extensions. I am convinced The Council are now taking this seriously. Although SENRUG has dropped its objection to charges, there are a number of “soft” issues around charging we discussed, such as free weekend and evening parking, Season Ticket reciprocity between the Northern and NCC car parks, and – only once extra capacity is provided – some free short stay bays allowing customers to purchase advance tickets. We won’t get these initiatives from Day 1 but the Council has promised to come back and review these points. Let’s hope they keep that promise!
