Liverpool Council aims to press on with ending free parking in the city centre after 6pm despite an almost universal backlash to proposals.
In November, the local authority announced it was looking into the viability of scrapping free evening parking as part of a revamp of on-street provision across the city centre. Currently, drivers can leave their cars on the road without charge from 6pm.
Under new proposals, the city’s controlled parking zone (CPZ) would allow charges to be enforced from 7am to 11pm and increase by 10p per half hour, in a move the council said would raise £1.6m. However, results of a public engagement exercise held in December have revealed how almost 90% of respondents were against any changes to the existing system.
