Exeter car parks 7% price hike plan
A charge for using the RingGo parking app - which has previously been covered by the council - could be passed on to the customer under the proposed changes.The report says the council's car park team will "put a greater focus on parking enforcement" as there is a "potential that customers of city centre car parks opt not to pay for parking".The city council previously announced plans to build a new temporary car park in the city centre on the site of the old bus station and has said money raised from that car park will be spent on the authority's Net Zero work.A decision is due to be made on the proposals at a meeting of the council's executive on Tuesday.
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