Redbridge Council confirmed that parkers using Wanstead Library in Spratt Hall Road will pay 10p for the 1st hour, £1 for 1 to 2 hours, £2 for 2 to 3 hours, and £3 for 3 hours or even more from Tues. June one, with free vehicle parking for blue badge holders. The charges will also apply to Valentines Park, Fairlop Waters, 7 Kings Park, Goodmayes Park, Clayhall Park, Ray Park, Barkingside Recreational Ground.
Back in January it was said that the council had made a decision to keep the charges low after residents objected to rises in the price of parking at facilities across Redbridge.
This included a bunch of residents who took their concerns to council leader Keith Prince during his ‘Meet the leader’ surgeries round the borough towards the end of last year. Michael O’Hynes, 79, of Church Trail , Wanstead, was one of the residents who objected.
He claimed : ” I am extremely pleased to hear that they have kept the charges low and we were pivotal in that. “I understand the council has to generate as much money as practical at the instant, but nonetheless we still opposed an increase. “I walk to the library but a large amount of aged cannot do that and have to drive. Derek Mathew, 82, of Grosvenor Road, Wanstead, said that he was happy with the new low charges, but is still anxious about the telephone payment system that has attracted so much debate in up to date weeks. One must expect to pay to park as these must be maintained, and there is a cost concerned with that of course.
But the thing plenty of folks are concerned about is the ticket collection machines in Grove Park and how you are intended to pay the charges over the telephone if the machine isn’t working, that has been the case for something similar to a quarter.
“I suffer because of this myself as I haven’t got a cell telephone. “One thing I and some of my associates are concerned about the council continuously phasing out these payment machines and we are left with no alternative but to either park someplace else or pay a big fine because there is not any way to pay.”.