Towns beg Shropshire Council to scrap parking charges
TRADERS AND civic leaders in two Shropshire market towns today begged transport chiefs to scrap parking charges, claiming they were destroying the high street. TRADERS AND civic leaders in two Shropshire market towns today begged transport chiefs to scrap parking charges, claiming they were destroying the high street. Shrewsbury town centre traders reacted with outrage after Shropshire Council today unveiled plans to increase parking charges – just a week after they were asked to drop them. Business leaders accused council officials of being "idiotic" and claimed their new proposals would destroy the town centre. And in Wem, residents have called on the authority to abolish car parking charges in the town altogether. Full story in today's Shropshire Star [24link]