Council to pick up parking charges

Alexandra Wood

SHOPPERS are to get free parking in the East Riding in the run up to Christmas for the third year.

For the past two years East Riding Council has suspended charges at its car parks during the three weekends before Christmas.

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When it meets next Tuesday, the council’s cabinet will be recommended to approve the scheme for this year – and sacrifice potential revenue of 50,000 .

Once again pay-and-display machines in the council’s car-parks and on-street parking locations will be clearly marked to let shoppers know that the charges will not apply to those weekends.

Council leader Councillor Stephen Parnaby said: “For the past two years this initiative has helped to bring shoppers to the East Riding in the run up to Christmas.

“The council is happy to promote schemes like this which have a real and tangible benefit to local businesses.”

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