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The Vale council-run car park at the Beacon civic hall in Wantage. Picture: Google Maps DAILY parking rates would need to go up by ten per cent every year until 2023 to tackle an annual £300,000 council shortfall. Following a public consultation carried out in November last year, Vale of White Horse District Council’s Cabinet have approved several changes to parking arrangements in the area. Car parks, in Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage collectively cost more than £700,000 a year to run, leaving the local authority with a major shortfall. Under the new changes, drivers will be forced to pay more every time they use car parks governed by the council for the next three years.
A parking warden NEW parking wardens could be roaming the streets in parts of Oxfordshire from as early as next year. Towns including Abingdon, Didcot, Bicester and Wallingford have had their streets plagued by cars carelessly dumped in awkward spots for years. This is why Vale of White Horse District Councils’ Cabinet, the most senior councillors, has now agreed to move forward with a proposal for Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE). The move will see parking enforcement powers transfer from local police to a new team by the end of 2021. The scheme, which is set to make enforcement of parking restrictions easier, will cost the Vale taxpayer up to £60,000.