| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZs the true cost to residents | |
| Posted by: | Anthony Waller | |
| Date/Time: | 15/03/13 09:48:00 |
| I don't think Mike means you will get charged for deliveries but I do know that courier delivery companies do include a blanket charge into their prices to cover for parking fines. It's small local trades and so on that have to pass on the cost. Originally they would say so or not come at all, but now it just quietly goes into the bill. Many do charge quite a bit more than if you have off street parking or do not live in a CPZ. I think it's unlikely that Hamilton Road will experience this yet but with large service organisations who do calculate premiums and annual charges who will use a database, a surcharge will be slipped in and unless you have a direct comparison you will be hard pressed to prove it. But in all honesty, our firm has been doing this since the start of the recession as CPZ permits and ticket fines became to high to write off. And we do not tell anyone how a costing is made. The same with our rivals and any service business. Actually, we did it because the others do it but only after a lot of wrangling. IN the end it was out of proportion local authority rises that forced us on the issue. But the cost of having visitors who come by car, is one to bear in mind. £6 a week for say 8 weeks a year? That's £48 straight away. And that applies to any resident in a CPZ, the elderly, and those who have not got a car. It is far worse for those in an all day CPZ and if we do have to have a CPZ then the 1 hour ban is all that is needed. But Matt is suggesting a night ban. I suspect that once all the streets are in a single zone ( separate streets is unlawful) it will be a huge hike in permits charges and longer hours. |