LETTER: New costs will exceed savings

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I have sent the following letter to Horsham District Council's cabinet member for the local economy, Gordon Lindsay.

Dear Mr Lindsay

I read in the County Times that you support charging in village car parks and it represents outstanding value for money.

Well I disagree, I do not think this has been thought through properly.

It is expected that the the next ten years will see costs of £500,000 to maintain these car parks, but have you considered the cost of running the car parks ?

1 Installation of charge machines

2 Administration of fines

3 Collecting monies due and court cases

4 Employing parking officers

5 Redundancies and pensions

Even at basic costs this will exceed the proposed £500,000 over ten years.

So why not leave it alone

It says that ten per cent of householders do not have cars but are tax payers.

I am a tax payer and have no children but I do not mind my money being used for education.