Wirral Council sets date to bring back parking charges
The council leader said money lost from free parking puts pressure on frontline services
12:03, 28 JAN 2021
Charges will return from next week (Image: Liverpool Echo)
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It is feared Oxton fields will become unusable if the savings proposal goes ahead (Credit Friends of the Arno and Oxton Fields) A popular open space in Wirral will become unusable unless the council drops its money saving plans according to a local councillor. Cllr Stuart Kelly was astonished to see Oxton Fields, a green space between Holm Lane, Woodchurch Road and Storeton Road, on Wirral Council s list of 45 sites where it proposes to stop cutting grass and removing litter. The plan is set to save the council £100,000 and goes towards the £16.5m the council must cut from its budget to address a projected £16.5m shortfall for the upcoming financial year.
Fears much-loved Merseyside green space will become âugly jungleâ
The plan is set to save the council £100,000 and goes towards the money the authority must cut from its budget
17:01, 26 JAN 2021
Oxton Fields is just one of 45 places which could suffer under the proposal (Image: Colin Lane)
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Wallasey town hall WIRRAL Council s controversial cuts plans were slated by all parties, as councillors feared they could do serious damage to the borough. The authority’s budget consultation, which ended at midnight on Friday, includes the options of closing the Williamson Art Gallery, Europa Pools and three of the borough s four public golf courses. Slashing support for the Hive Youth Zone in Birkenhead from £400,000 to £200,000 per year is also on the consultation paper. The cuts have been proposed as Wirral Council needs to address its budget deficit of £16.5m in the next financial year. Of all the savings options, the possible closure of Oxton’s Williamson Art Gallery has drawn the most responses from the public and drew irate reactions from councillors across the board last night.
Parking charges to return in Wirral for first time since April
The policy was said to be providing a subsidy to drivers
14:37, 21 JAN 2021
Charges are set to return very soon after the vote
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Drivers will be charged for using council-owned car parks and on-street parking once again in Wirral.