PAY AND DISPLAY: THE GREAT DEBATE
WHY WE MUST SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS
1066 AND ALL THAT
Having worked in Eastbourne when meters were rolled out I am not convinced that any income will revert to the community.
East Sussex County Council’s enabling Committee Minute quotes ‘The Committee agreed to limit the use of 50% of the net on street surplus distributed to the Boroughs and Districts to schemes approved by the County Council in the context of a local plan or traffic management scheme after appropriate consultation’ it follows ‘the use by the County Council of the remaining surpluses to promote further off street parking, public transport, or an increased programme of traffic management and traffic calming measures’.
The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 controls the use of surplus monies by Council’s which includes ‘making repayment to the County fund of any deficits charged to it’. I can find no suggestion of investments in the community, indeed a look at the ESCC website tonight on the Parking page reveals ‘CPE is self financing. Any extra income after administration and enforcement costs is used to improve local transport. This includes parking improvements, traffic management, better public transport and facilities for pedestrians or cyclists’ make of that what you will.
—Jayne Howard, 13 October 2017
