Although parking charges are set to rise across Swansea residents of the city will get cheaper parking than visitors at all council-run car parks. The changes will be introduced from Monday, April 17, when prices for parking will go up and the current £2 all-day parking offer will be scrapped.
People living in Swansea who have a residents' discount card will be able to get a concession using a residents' tariff option at car park pay stations and details on how much residents will pay for parking are available here. Information on how they can access the discounted rates is, however, yet to be released. The council has not increased parking charges since 2014 but said the plans are necessary to enable car parks to be maintained and to ensure they can feature the most modern payment systems for motorists.
Park and ride services in the city will remain unaffected by the proposed price increases and will stay at £1 per car until at least 2024. Parking charges will increase in car parks including Copr Bay South, Copr Bay North, the Quadrant multi-storey car park, High Street multi-storey car park, city centre pay and display car parks, beach and foreshore car parks and Mumbles. Find out how much you will pay at these car parks without a residents' discount card here.
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In January earlier this year Andrew Stevens, cabinet member for environment and infrastructure, said: "The council has invested more than £2.1m of subsidies in the last year alone to keep prices at near-record lows in council-owned car parks. This was done to support businesses and residents while we recovered from the impact the pandemic has had on our city.
"We have not increased parking charges in more than eight years in Swansea, maintaining some of the lowest parking charges in the country. Now, due to the pressures of the cost of living crisis on council budgets, there is a need to reshape and increase charges from April so we can ensure car parking services are protected and maintained in the coming years. Residents in Swansea will benefit from a discount scheme we are also bringing in, which will enable them to pay a lower parking fees compared to motorists living outside of the city."
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