Letter: Parking fees are hurting Shrewsbury

Letter: Before Mr Jones starts defending the car parking charges in Shrewsbury could I ask him to look first at the harsh realities of the situation?

Increasing car parking charges by 60p, represents an increase of just under 25 per cent and is nowhere near the current level of inflation.

Since car parking charges went up, the number of cars using the car parks has fallen dramatically, producing less revenue for the council.

The lack of visitors to town not only affects local traders, but also the number of people prepared to travel in to use council facilities, again producing less income for essential services.

Shrewsbury town centre is also an essential service and I would be more than happy to discuss this matter further with Mr Jones.

Ian Peake

Shrewsbury