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Edinburgh Live
National
Donald Turvill

Edinburgh workplace parking charge could cost drivers £650 a year

New parking charges to discourage people from driving to work in Edinburgh could raise up to £19 million a year for investment in the city's transport infrastructure, the council has said.

A new report setting out options revealed that charges could be between £450 and £650.

The council's transport leader said they would work to ensure the charges did not hit those in low paid jobs or shift workers - and one option could be to only impose the charge on workplaces which have more than 50 parking spaces.

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