CuMo   10 #25 Posted December 22, 2014 Dropped someone in Manchester Airport last week, left my car in the short stay car park for 30 mins - £5.10!!!!  Stanstead airport is even more fun. First hour is six quid but every next one is twenty quid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
999tigger   10 #26 Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) So you agree traffic wardens are there purely as revenue raisers ?  No. They are there to regulate traffic.  Ill just assume you llive in Penistone and dont pay Sheffield Council tax, so whats your beef with Sheffield?  Shouldnt you be complaining about downtown Penistone or Barnsley?  Why would you care as you are never in the city centre? Just wondering why you are always moaning about somewhere you never go. Edited December 22, 2014 by 999tigger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
kidneystone   23 #27 Posted December 22, 2014 No. They are there to regulate traffic.  I bet you believe in the tooth fairy as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
999tigger   10 #28 Posted December 22, 2014 Btw you wouldnt need parking wardens if motorists complied with parking restrictions and regulated themselves.  There wouldnt be any fines. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
surveyour   10 #29 Posted December 22, 2014 If only the current situation in Halifax could happen in Sheffield. Apprently, Halifax council was got on the wrong side of a solicitor they tried to pin a parking ticket on, so he looked into the legality off the ticket, and found it could not be inforced.  Well, thats the legend anyway.  Heres a extract from Halifax councils own website:  On street parking charges in Halifax town centre are being temporarily suspended as we have become aware that our traffic regulation orders (TROs) in these areas cannot currently be legally enforced. As a result of this, we are suspending charges for on street parking until we can introduce new orders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
roosterboost   10 #30 Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) most of the car parks in the city centre are privately owned and so the council have no control over what they charge.  i suppose the council could offer some sort of subsidy to the car park operators but for it to result in any meaningful discount then vital services would have to be cut.  so i guess the question you need to answer is how many children are you willing to see abused because social services has been cut so you can park a couple of hours in town for nothing?  The council could open car parks on the dozens of vacant lots around the city centre if they chose to do so. The fact that they don't probably indicates that there will be more vacant lots around the city centre.  There seems to have been more than1400 children sexually abused in South Yorkshire in recent years. The councils seems to have turned a blind eye to that too. Perhaps if our city centres were a little busier there would be revenus from council tax and stall rents at the Moor Market that could fund social services. Edited December 22, 2014 by roosterboost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
AndrewC   307 #31 Posted December 23, 2014 Just go to Meadowhall instead.............. FREE parking for everyone. Why would anyone want to drive to the city centre , navigate their way around the councils maze of a road system , only then to be right royally ripped off to park by private car parks AND the council. Just give the place a swerve .  I'm with you on that one !! And so it seems are thousands of others!! Meadowhall was chocca  And yet, numerous private car parks continue to exist with these prices without going out of business, so one can only assume that people are navigating the Council's road system, are paying what they feel is a fair price and are finding some worthwhile reason to be in the city centre... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Planner1   437 #32 Posted December 23, 2014 The council could open car parks on the dozens of vacant lots around the city centre if they chose to do so. The fact that they don't probably indicates that there will be more vacant lots around the city centre. Where are these "dozens" of vacant lots?  If the sites are privately owned, the Council would need to lease them and bring them up to an acceptable standard. In some areas of the city, the going rate for parking is £2 per day, so if they had to spend a large amount on the site, it wouldn't be viable.  The fact is that there is no shortage of parking spaces in the city centre. Most of the multi storey car parks are operating nowhere near capacity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
top4718   838 #33 Posted December 23, 2014 Where are these "dozens" of vacant lots? If the sites are privately owned, the Council would need to lease them and bring them up to an acceptable standard. In some areas of the city, the going rate for parking is £2 per day, so if they had to spend a large amount on the site, it wouldn't be viable.  The fact is that there is no shortage of parking spaces in the city centre. Most of the multi storey car parks are operating nowhere near capacity.  There was a perfectly good car park at Kelham Island, the council refused to renew the lease to the service provider as the land was being developed about a year ago.........nothings happened since except for the fact that the number of parking wardens have increased in the area. Sums up the councils attitude/policies in a nutshell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gluedtopc   10 #34 Posted December 23, 2014 Is the big car park across from the Fat Cat to remain closed ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
andyofborg   11 #35 Posted December 23, 2014 The council could open car parks on the dozens of vacant lots around the city centre if they chose to do so. The fact that they don't probably indicates that there will be more vacant lots around the city centre.  Does the council own that land? Perhaps you would like the council to be able to commandeer any bits of random land it likes?  Would that land be suitable to park on? It would need to be cleared of anything with could damage tyres and levelled so that cars with low bits and pieces didn't get damaged.  ---------- Post added 23-12-2014 at 09:52 ----------  There was a perfectly good car park at Kelham Island, the council refused to renew the lease to the service provider as the land was being developed about a year ago.........nothings happened since except for the fact that the number of parking wardens have increased in the area. Sums up the councils attitude/policies in a nutshell.  Allowing temporary car parking on bits of suitable spare land for a couple of years is all well and good, but after than then they should have to do things like put a proper surface down and all the other things you expect of a car park.  Anyway, there are plenty of almost as cheap parking spaces in the area near and around the court buildings  ---------- Post added 23-12-2014 at 09:54 ----------  Is the big car park across from the Fat Cat to remain closed ?  it wasn't a car park, it was a bit of waste ground which people were parking their cars on Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gluedtopc   10 #36 Posted December 23, 2014 Well, I parked my car and paid, so it sounds a bit like a car park to me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
