OnTheWight asked for details of how much it would cost the council to introduce parking charges in areas where it was previously free. That's revealed some costs are unknown to IWC.
Isle of Wight council are leading with "We're not increasing daily parking charges", sweetening the pill for their new and increased parking changes in other areas.
After the debate of which parking changes will change on the Island, the council has now come to a decision. Detail include increases in Short-stay and On-street charges and new Resident permit.
The Island Conservatives say the Independents "gave no clear vision of why they may be planning to significantly increase parking revenue in a piecemeal way".
Conservatives say “Instead of hiking parking charges to such an extent that they will damage small local businesses and town centres, we should be looking at putting our leisure centres on a stable and sustainable long term footing."