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Town centre parking charges could drive shoppers to places like the Trafford Centre
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Charges drive custom away
Vic Barlow19/ 3/2008
WITH a whopping 25 per cent rise in some car park charges and an army of traffic wardens about to take to the streets, plus swingeing fines for offenders, town centre shopping is in terminal decline.
How many shoppers will run the gauntlet when they can park at Handforth Dean, John Lewis or the Trafford Centre with no hassle whatsoever? What’s so special about town that they need to risk getting a ticket? Tesco worked it out years ago. Free parking equals busy shops.
Even Congleton Borough Council understand that and offer free town centre parking to offset the lure of out-of-town retailers.
Macclesfield councillors obviously can’t make the connection. Now, there’s a surprise.
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19/03/2008 at 17:01
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