Council officers are recommending the new parking charges are approved by the Cabinet, adding that there were 467 objections received, but 60,000 registered vehicles on the Isle of Wight
All council car parks and the majority of on-street parking spaces will be free of charge until further notice — although residents must adhere to parking time limits
Papers with the finalised detail of the Isle of Wight council budget for 2019-20 have been issued by officers ahead of next week's big budget meeting. See the detail in the council papers within.
Over 4,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Isle of Wight council to scrap their plans to introduce charges for overnight on-street parking in Newport. It will be presented to the full council on Wednesday evening.
Almost the entire council voted to reconsider the charges, after a petition of 3,851 signatures was put before last night’s full council meeting by Ryde town councillor, Karen Lucioni, including Cabinet members.
Last week Cllr Ian Ward confirmed to the IWC Cabinet that plans to charge for overnight on-street parking was 'a typo'. Today, nearly a full week later, the council are going back on that, saying the now DO plan to charge!