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Car park fees hike delayed once again

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Published date03 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Now, the new tariffs are due to be brought in from Monday, April 29

Existing charges will go up by about 60 percent, with the cost of allday parking across the three towns rising from £4 to £6.50.

Short-stay parking in Huddersfield will increase from 70p an hour to £1.10 per hour, with fees in Dewsbury and other areas of Kirklees set to increase from 5p to 50p per hour. The final decision on the hike was made by the council's Cabinet in March.

It's worth out that raised since Councillor

Speaking at the meeting, Cabinet Member for Finance and Regeneration, Cllr Graham Turner, said: "It's worth pointing out that we haven't raised charges since 2009.

"We've tried to be a good authority by keeping our prices low, especially in a cost of living crisis but unfortunately, the time has come where we have to look at increasing our income through car parking because we have been losing money over those years.

pointing we haven't charges 2009 Graham Turner "And inflation has been 60.69 percent since 2010, so an average of 3.45 percent, so if we'd increased them year on year, we'd have still got to the same figure we're proposing here."

On the matter of the new date, David Shepherd, Strategic

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