Would you shop more in Scunthorpe town centre if there was two hours' free parking available?

“Parking is only part of the problem. High rents and rate charges make it very hard to run a high street based retail business that makes a profit. I wonder if that's the reason why Ernest Jones has just announced the closure of its Scunthorpe branch?”

“So wat-tyler wants to turn the town into an entertainment centre, doesnt matter about us oldies wanting to shop, be a better idea to build some toilets.”

“i noticed another town centre road is going resident parking, i dont remember which but it runs from the high st to the old scunthorpe cemetry if all residents get one where will all the taxis park”

“Not enough traders on the high enymore now they have been driven away due to trade loss becouse of the parking fees in the first place to warant going there anymore. used to be able to spend all day on the high street at one time. in them days would i ? "YEP"”

“Thares nothing on the high street worth going thare for anymore now you have driven all the traders away with trade loss due to the parking fees in the first place. but in earlyer times "YEP"”

“about six years ago i got a parking ticket for going over my time by three minutes. its no coincidence that i have not used the town centre since. two hours free parking wont tempt me back because two hours and three mins later i know what would appear on my windscreen
looking at the bigger picture town centres all over this country are dying and little gimmicks wont change that. people prefer the convienience of lakeside etc.
why not try something more radical like demolishing most of the town centre building a road system that makes it more convienient. then have smaller niche type shops, cafes and trendy bars with outside areas making it more fun and relaxing and pleasing on the eye. utilise the area at bottom near the church for entrtainment like big screens for sports etc have free parking all the time. the concept of town centres for shopping is dead. time for a real change”

“you are right sausage, Bernard Regan did increase charges for parking , as did the conservative cabinet member John England, To claim only labour has is untrue, All councils have increased parking charges and use the motorist as a cash cow all over the UK

Should any time be made for free parking it should be applied across the whole of the utility and not used for politics , but fairly applied
Tthe cost of this reduced income should come frome the senior offficerson over £50,000 and ruling members who have awarded themsevles huge pay, allowance and pension increases at the expense of the oposition and workers who have a reduction in their emoluments

Just one further point Scunthorpe is not a town it is a Parlimentary constituancy - That the inhabitants are being denied the first tier of local govermet

johnc”

“I would prefer to drive 45 minutes to 'Meadowhell' to do a decent shop than spend hours wandering the crack head infested ghost town that is Scunthorpe High Street.”

“good idea this, 2hrs is plenty of time to go pawn my things in the endless pawn shops then go spend that money in the pound shops, i might even have enough money left to pay to use the bog, u get my vote....”

“You know and I know that when a council takes something from somewhere they'll just move the costs to someone else and simply up the shopkeepers rent and rates. Face it - it's dead and no amount of kicking the body is going to make it come back to life.”