Cookham Discussion Board

A proposal has been put forward as part of the RBWM budget setting process to raise an income of £100,000 from currently free rural car parks.

The charging period for Sutton Road will be 9am to 5pm Monday to Sunday. 5pm to 9am Residents Only

Costs - Up to 1 Hour £0.50  Up to 2 Hours £1.00 Over 2 hours £5.00. It is hoped to raise £10,000 per annum from the Sutton Road car park
 
If this proposal is agreed charges will be introduced on the 1st April 2021. Can you give any comments to Mandy Brar Cllr.Brar@rbwm.gov.uk by Wednesday 13th January 2021.
 
Pay and display machines will not be installed RBWM plan to collect all charges via Ringo either on the App or through the telephone.

Sign the petition at

http://maidenheadlibdems.co.uk/out-of-town-car-parks/?fbclid=IwAR0REWOq0uvgWa1HP1jDW_HG2V2VcVLUHFgi45Y_D-0Y7kX6M_V13xaBmEs

THE Royal Borough Liberal Democrats fear parking “chaos” from Tory proposals to introduce charges to free out-of-town car parks.

The Lib Dems have put forward a petition demanding the “cash-strapped” Conservative council do not introduce charges for parking to the 12 out-of-town car parks as part of the draft 2021/22 budget.

They fear this could cause empty car parks with congestion on neighbouring roads, and may lead to more residents’ parking schemes, charging residents to park outside their own home.

RBWM have voted against including charging for the Sutton Road car park in their budget.

A meeting of the cabinet got out of control in a clash between councillors on Thursday – causing the monitoring officer to step in to restore order.

The cabinet first agreed against a proposal to introduce charges in rural car parks, following a negative response from residents.

When the Royal Borough put the idea out for public consultation, it received ‘very strong pushback’ from residents and ‘flurries of emails’. Residents from Hurley were among those who were concerned about the effect on the village.