Since the Waitrose car park went over to the dark side, you have no option but to pay the expensive car parking charges set by Mid Sussex District Council.
With the council also looking to introduce controlled parking zones in and around the town, you can forget about parking in the side roads.
What affect is this having on the town centre at the moment and how much worse will it get?
Here's a video highlighting just how dire the town centre is right now. Are the parking charges really to blame?
A rather good video I thought, I'm almost sad that I didn't make it myself.
Showing posts with label Car Parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Car Parks. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Why bother supporting local shops in Mid Sussex?
Don't bother supporting your local shops. There is no point. If you drive and support your local shops, all you're doing is lining the pockets of Mid Sussex District Council.
MSDC and other organisations are behind a campaign willing local residents to support local traders by spending their money locally. MSDC control the local car parks, you have to pay lots of money to park. Why bother paying a lot of money to park locally for a small number of shops when Crawley is just off the A23 and has a HUGE selection of shops where the parking isn't actually that much more.
MSDC do not deserve to have us spending our money locally. They rip us off with the price of parking. If they really care for the survival of local traders, then they would offer very low rates of parking. They won't though. The district council are so careless with public funds that they need to make as much money from the car parks to replenish money from failed events like the Big Culture Show that lost in excess of £250,000 (probably nearer £350k!)
How much did MSDC care about the local traders in December when it took them a whole week to clear ther car parks of snow? December is the busiest time of the year for the retail sector, but how can they make money when people are unable to park?
It really was a shambolic situation as MSDC themselves were losing revenue from the unusable car parks. Back in the Autumn they were already reporting an expected shortfall of £500k from the car parks, so why didn't they do everything they could to make sure they are usable at all times?
Mid Sussex District Council are failing the local traders, the public, and themselves.
Do not be fooled, it's not a campaign to support the local traders, its a campaign to support Mid Sussex District council and the local car parks.
MSDC and other organisations are behind a campaign willing local residents to support local traders by spending their money locally. MSDC control the local car parks, you have to pay lots of money to park. Why bother paying a lot of money to park locally for a small number of shops when Crawley is just off the A23 and has a HUGE selection of shops where the parking isn't actually that much more.
MSDC do not deserve to have us spending our money locally. They rip us off with the price of parking. If they really care for the survival of local traders, then they would offer very low rates of parking. They won't though. The district council are so careless with public funds that they need to make as much money from the car parks to replenish money from failed events like the Big Culture Show that lost in excess of £250,000 (probably nearer £350k!)
How much did MSDC care about the local traders in December when it took them a whole week to clear ther car parks of snow? December is the busiest time of the year for the retail sector, but how can they make money when people are unable to park?
It really was a shambolic situation as MSDC themselves were losing revenue from the unusable car parks. Back in the Autumn they were already reporting an expected shortfall of £500k from the car parks, so why didn't they do everything they could to make sure they are usable at all times?
Mid Sussex District Council are failing the local traders, the public, and themselves.
Do not be fooled, it's not a campaign to support the local traders, its a campaign to support Mid Sussex District council and the local car parks.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Multi Storey Car Park is still a lake.
Today I emailed the Mid Sussex Times, practically giving them a ready made story for publication in their fine newspaper, in a time traditionally quiet for news stories as everyone is busy eating and drinking and not creating news for our hard working local reporters.
My story, as this blog title gives away, is about the Burgess Hill Multi-Storey Car Park.
Readers of the the main Burgess Hill Uncovered website may remember the story we wrote last year:Boating Lake Installed at Local Burgess Hill Car Park
The Burgess Hill Uncovered Office cleaner was in town this week and chose to use the multi-storey car park since Waitrose is no longer the cheaper alternative. Her choice was foolish as it is still a lake, and by her account, is now much worse.
Earlier this year, the council reported a significant shortfall on expected revenue generated from the car parks, this is hardly surprising given the state of the multi-storey car park.
The Conspiracy Theorists among you would find it very interesting that Waitrose car park now use the same payment system as all the MSDC car parks, one wonders if Waitrose was forced to adopt these prices as perhaps the council wanted a bigger share of the shoppers parking fees. Just a thought.
The council should actually sue the construction company that carried out the rennovations 4 years ago, they actually had to redo the work 4 months later as something went wrong, but clearly that didn't work either. What a cock-up all round really. But then that's what you come to expect from MSDC.
I hope the Middy do choose to cover the story, it's always fun to point out how inept Mid Sussex District Council is. I await to be pleasantly surprised!
My story, as this blog title gives away, is about the Burgess Hill Multi-Storey Car Park.
Readers of the the main Burgess Hill Uncovered website may remember the story we wrote last year:Boating Lake Installed at Local Burgess Hill Car Park
The Burgess Hill Uncovered Office cleaner was in town this week and chose to use the multi-storey car park since Waitrose is no longer the cheaper alternative. Her choice was foolish as it is still a lake, and by her account, is now much worse.
Earlier this year, the council reported a significant shortfall on expected revenue generated from the car parks, this is hardly surprising given the state of the multi-storey car park.
The Conspiracy Theorists among you would find it very interesting that Waitrose car park now use the same payment system as all the MSDC car parks, one wonders if Waitrose was forced to adopt these prices as perhaps the council wanted a bigger share of the shoppers parking fees. Just a thought.
The council should actually sue the construction company that carried out the rennovations 4 years ago, they actually had to redo the work 4 months later as something went wrong, but clearly that didn't work either. What a cock-up all round really. But then that's what you come to expect from MSDC.
I hope the Middy do choose to cover the story, it's always fun to point out how inept Mid Sussex District Council is. I await to be pleasantly surprised!
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