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New parking rules for district centres
Date published: 12 May 2010
New short-term free parking and parking charges began this week on district car parks.
Blanket free car parking has gone on selected town centre car parks, replaced by either two or three-hour stays, after which charges will be enforced.
Three car parks in Shaw, Chadderton and Lees will also have business permits for companies which can show a need to use the car parks.
Oldham Council says the aim is to maintain short- term parking for visitors and residents, to encourage more use of the district centres, and to stop long-stay parkers hitting turnover of spaces.
All the districts will still have a mix of short and long-stay car parks, and the experimental traffic order is expected to earn £100,000 for the council in the first year.
The new charges were part of the council’s 2010/11 budget proposals.
The car parks where there will be a maximum period of two hours and no return in four hours, are Smithy Lane; Hare and Hounds; and King George V playing fields, all in Uppermill.
Car parks with three- hour short stays are Uppermill Museum; Warrington Street and New
Street, Lees; Chadderton Town Hall and Victoria Street/Bentley Street, Chadderton; Royton Precinct; Shaw Baths, Market Place, Westway and Milne Street, all Shaw.
Business permits will be available for New Street, Lees; Victoria Street, Chadderton; and Shaw Baths.
All other car parks will be long stay.
Comments
Oh times, oh customs.
I seem to recall Labour being lambasted by the Lib Dems when it considered, but did not introduce, such schemes.
But none of this will stop the taxi's using the bus lane on yorkshire street for there own parking spaces
Uppermill is a place in its own right - not a district of Oldham.
I find the parking in Halifax very good - handy for the library and the shops.
The council said they had to re-vamp Royton Precinct car park because it was a 'gate way' to Oldham.
I wrote a comment about this many weeks ago, warning it was just an excuse to start charging.
Watch this space - there is now limited free time, but this will be phased out, and there will be full charging.
Well - they have to get the money for their outrageous spending from somewhere
well this will have involved a load of new signs which will have cost money.
watch in a few months when this scheme is scrapped.
its been done, it didnt work.
learn from previous mistakes! dont copy them!
For Uppermill, this will reduce the ability of tourists to come and visit Uppermill, go to the Museum, have a drink and perhaps go on the canal boat. If people are being forced to use the car park by the baths and the civic then these need to be much better signposted. The Civic Hall car park has to be geared to more long stay rather than short stay visitors.
alexb, with recent upsurge in usage of uppermill baths you'll struggle to park there most weekends.
Alexb, the civic hall car park is not an OMBC car park but a private one for use by civic hall visitors, much the same as a pub or club car park, so it can't be used by OMBC as part of its parking strategy
Alexb, the civic hall car park is not an OMBC car park but a private one for use by civic hall visitors, much the same as a pub or club car park, so it can't be used by OMBC as part of its parking strategy
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The people who work in Uppermill will now have to park on side streets blocking those off.
As the wardens patrol almost permanantly in Uppermill (unlike other parts of the town) these two hour restrictions will be enforced.
Another great Lib Dem flip flop policy.
By OldhamWatcher @ 12/05/2010 13:28:20