Some Wolverhampton Council Car Parks are doubling in price. We ask Wolverhampton drivers what they think.
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00:00We're down here in Wolverhampton where we're asking residents and shoppers what they think
00:05of the upcoming car parking charge change.
00:10The idea is that on November 4th the fees will change from £4.50 to around about £9
00:16for a maximum stay.
00:17So the price is almost double for a full car parking stay, as you can see behind me, the
00:21daily charge is £4.50.
00:22So yeah, that's going to almost double to £9.
00:24So yeah, we're down here asking people what they think about the proposed changes and
00:28if they think it's a good idea or if they think it will scare people away from the city
00:31centre.
00:32Yeah, so what do you think about the, well not proposed, they are changing on November
00:364th.
00:37What do you think about the upcoming changes?
00:38Well, it's news to me.
00:39I mean, we considered today, didn't we, about parking, whether it was worth parking or whether
00:40it was worth getting the bus.
00:41And it was just about worth parking because the cost of that could return on the bus.
00:42But yeah.
00:43There's no point in it going up to £9.
00:44No.
00:45Absolutely not.
00:46I mean, the town is dead anyway.
00:47I mean, this is the city centre.
00:48It's not going to go up to £9.
00:49It's not going to go up to £9.
00:50It's not going to go up to £9.
00:51I mean, I think that's one of the biggest fears is that it might potentially scare more
01:08people from visiting.
01:09Of course it will.
01:10You reckon that's like, you reckon, well, that's probably, it's probably the main fear,
01:12isn't it?
01:13Absolutely.
01:14There's nothing to attract anyone here in Wolverhampton anyway.
01:15So, I mean, parking, they should have free parking if anything, shouldn't they?
01:20I mean, free parking would attract people, but no, I don't see the sense in it.
01:23It's no, people, it's a lot of money, £9, it's no.
01:26Free parking's trying to attract more people to come in obviously.
01:28Of course it would.
01:29Yeah, yeah.
01:30You know, is Merrihill still free?
01:31I think, you know, you, Merrihill people will go there won't they?
01:34Do you reckon public transport's a viable option as well?
01:36Yeah, definitely.
01:37I think it's good value, £2 on the bus.
01:39Yeah, absolutely.
01:40You know, that's, you can't complain about it.
01:42If we use the buses in the right park.
01:44And this is what we're doing, so.
01:46It's good.
01:48Fantastic.
01:50So we've spoken to a number of residents around Wolverhampton and shoppers
01:54and also now we've spoken to students about the parking charge increase.
01:58So, as far as students go, they do use the council car parks
02:03when they do go to the university, when they go to their classes.
02:07At the moment, public transport firms buy a heart.
02:10They've also had the shuttle bus taken off of them as well.
02:12And now, a student has said that the increase in the parking charge
02:16is just going to make it near enough impossible for them to actually come to the classes
02:20and it's just another added price that they've got to put on top of it.
02:22So yeah, it's another angle to come from is that it is going to heavily affect the students
02:26as well as shoppers and residents who do utilise the council car parks.
02:30So here we are with Zena.
02:32What do you think about the upcoming car parking charge changes?
02:35I do think the charges jumping up to that amount is a lot of money
02:38but hopefully it might make people think about using public transport a bit more
02:42if I don't know what the charges of it is for a bus.
02:45But it might be cheap, I don't know.
02:50I suppose it depends how many come in.
02:52If you've got a family coming, it might not be cheap.
02:55Do you think it will scare people from visiting the city
02:58or do you reckon it will just make them use public transport more?
03:00I'd hope to think it would make people use public transport more
03:03but like you said, there's a big shopping centre not too far away.
03:07They might decide to go there where the car parking is totally free.
03:10Absolutely.