Whilst searching for something else on Cornwall Councils
Website, I came across this little nugget of information.
Cornwall Council will be trialling reduced car parking in
several Council owned car parks over the next few months.
The move follows requests from local Cornwall Councillors in
Bude, Launceston, Liskeard, Penzance and St Ives. The Cornwall Council car
parks included in the trial are:
Bude –
Summerleaze; £1 per day from Monday 16 December for about 3 months
Launceston –
Castle Street, Cattle Market, Pannier Market, Walkhouse; £1 on Saturdays
leading up to Christmas – 30 November, 7, 14 and 21 December
Liskeard –
Rapsons; £1 per day from Monday 16 December for about three months
Penzance – St
Erbyns; £1.90 per day from Friday 6 December for about three months
St Ives - £2 per
day in all long stay car parks, £2 for three hours in short stay car parks from
Monday 16 December for about three months
Ignoring that I hadn’t heard of this trial and so had very
few others, it’s the rather interesting pricing structure that caught my eye, a
North South divide we all know about, but Cornwall seems to have its own West
East divide, twice as much to park in the West as in the East.
I also find the trial in Launceston an interesting one, a price
reduction on Saturdays leading up to Christmas, speaking from a town that has
just spent over £20,000 to achieve the same thing, what is the trial in
Launceston trying to find out? Other than the fact that Cornwall Council’s
Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources is a Launceston councillor.
PS Who came up with £1.90 as a price? Even more change in
the car, as I refuse to pay the £2 that most will be forced to pay.
