Property News · July 15, 2017

Can’t pay or display as parking meters don’t take new £1 coin


More than a fifth of local authorities have still not converted all their machines, leaving motorists facing finesOne in five local councils have failed to convert all their parking meters to accept the new £1 coin. With the old £1 coins fast disappearing (and not legal tender from 15 October), some motorists have resorted to desperate measures, such as leaving coins on the dashboard with a note about the meter to avoid being ticketed.A freedom of information request by the AA found that 74 of 340 UK councils – 21.8% – with responsibility for car parks with coin-operated ticket machines, still haven’t converted all of them. The AA has warned that a day trip to some of the UK’s major cities during the summer holidays may leave visitors struggling to pay for parking and at the mercy of local authority enforcement. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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