DARTMOUTH UK PAY AND DISPLAY MEETING (PART 1)

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THE DARTMOUTH UK PAY AND DISPLAY CAR PARKING MEETING DARTMOUTH has put up a wall of opposition to parking meter plans it is claimed will eat up every available parking space in the town centre and kill off what is already a desperately struggling town economy.

But even as the town declared a resounding 'no' to the parking meters there were still fears that the county council plans to impose the new parking fees on Dartmouth whether it likes it or not.

In spite of extending the consultation period until the 24th December 2010, Lester Wilmington from Devon County Council admitted, in the public meeting, that in spite of this the pay and display meters had already been ordered!

Devon County Council highways management boss Lester Wilmington made it clear that one driving force behind the parking meter plans was the desire to save the county up to £100,000 a year it currently shells out on traffic warden bills — now known as civil enforcement officers. This in spite of estimates that revenue from the Dartmouth pay and display meters would be as much as £400,000 per annum!

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