St Andrews Square Back to Normal, at last!

I first mentioned the leak and 6 excavations in St Andrews Square the month before last (blog), this morning the final work finished, until the next time, at least, phew!

Parking in Hastings and a Decent Traffic Warden

Someone I know was working at someone else's home in the High Street and parked in the car park off The Bourne, the ticket machine wasn't working, so he put a notice in his car window to say suchlike and returned every hour in case the machine was working again. Found a plastic covered PCN in his windscreen wiper and threw it to one side believing he had a ticket, later finding this note instead, he was dead impressed!

Nice one, but surely car park machines should advertise that if they can't take money, you need a smart phone to download an app from RingGo, but is that fair? Not everyone has a smart phone, hmmm...

East Sussex Parking Charges Consultation

East Sussex County Council are holding a consultation about parking charges (website), this closes on 11th August 2019, key changes proposed:

• standardising the price of residents’ permits across Lewes, Eastbourne and Hastings for the first time.
• linking the cost of residents’ permits to the CO2 emissions of pollution from the vehicle the permit covers, with owners of low emission vehicles paying less than those with higher emissions.
• we propose that the cost of visitor and day permits should be higher in all three scheme areas to encourage people to make more sustainable travel choices.
• increasing the cost of on-street Pay and Display charges to encourage people to use alternative sustainable forms of transport, which will help reduce congestion and improve air quality in our towns.
• targeted increases in on-street parking charges in a small number of locations where nearby off-street car park prices have higher charges than on-street prices. This will help encourage people to use car parks first and minimise the pressure on on-street parking in these locations.

Give your opinion at the council website, or should you require a paper copy email at parking.consultations@eastsussex.gov.uk or call 01323 464102.