Herefordshire Council are making some changes to its car parking charges.
Some of these may affect Hereford FC supporters who park close to Edgar Street on match-days.
Car park changes for Hereford’s residents, commuters and visitors
Herefordshire
Council will implement changes to some Hereford city centre car parks
on Monday 27 February to enable greater flexibility for residents,
commuters and visitors to the city.
Motorists
who purchase an off peak season ticket will see the cost fall to £75 a
year or £25 a quarter, with the off peak parking time extended for use
from 5pm to 9am.
Merton
Meadow car park will see the introduction of a simple £1 per hour
tariff, up to £5 for 24 hours (or £4 for 24 hours if bought before 8am).
The current Sunday tariff of £3 all day will remain, with the
introduction of an hourly Sunday tariff to offer more flexibility to
visitors to the city. Commuters to Merton Meadow who purchase a new
weekly (Monday - Friday) tariff on a Monday will see the cost reduced to
£20 for five days.
For long stay visitors to Hereford, St. Martins 2 (overflow) car park will see the daily tariff reduced from £5 to £3 a day.
Councillor
Paul Rone, Cabinet member for transport and roads, said: “Herefordshire
Council believes the introduction of these new tariffs, and the
opportunity to pay by card, contactless and by phone, enable greater
flexibility and ease for residents, commuters and visitors to the
county.
“We
have listened to residents’ comments and have reduced the off peak
season ticket cost and extended the off peak parking times.”
The car park tariff changes come into effect on Monday 27 February 2017.