A major step towards scrapping free parking in the Liverpool city centre after 6pm has been taken - despite major opposition.
The city council’s cabinet has signed off on a plan for a statutory consultation on the proposals that it said will “standardise” parking across the city centre. The move is going ahead despite almost 90% of respondents being against any changes to the existing system in a public engagement exercise held before Christmas.
If the change is formally adopted, 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. Currently, 30 minutes parking costs £1.20, this would go up to £1.30. Up to an hour would increase to £2.50 from £2.40.
