The controversial £1 charge for parking on the Isle of Wight overnight has been pushed back until at least June, the Isle of Wight Council have confirmed.
Earlier this year it was agreed to introduce the charge to boost the Council coffers, with notices erected to state that the fee would come in from 6th April.
Issues with parking meter software and the task of changing all related signage has meant that the decision has now been taken to push back the rollout of the overnight charge.
It’s thought that the charge will come into force in early June.
A spokesperson for the Isle of Wight Council has this week said:
“The Isle of Wight Council has a statutory duty to display an official notice indicating new chargeable hours. The notices are effective from April 6 but they do not state charges are implemented from then.
“People are advised to check the tariff boards as these will be changed to indicate overnight charging has started”.
£1 overnight charge to be introduced between 18:00 and 08:00:
Bembridge, St Helens and Seaview
Lane End
The Duver (Seaview)
Pier Road (Seaview)
The Duver (St Helens)
Blackgang
Blackgang Viewpoint
Cowes
Brunswick Road
Mornington Road
St Marys Road
Cross Street
Freshwater and Totland
Avenue Road
Colwell Bay
Freshwater Bay
Moa Place
Esplanade Car Park (Totland)
Broadway Car Park (Totland)
Newport
Coppins Bridge
County Hall Complex
Medina Avenue
Medina Campus
Newport Harbour North and South
Riverway
Seaclose Recreation Ground
Chapel Street
Church Litten
Lugley Car Park
New Street Car Park
Sea Street
High Street
Holyrood Street
Lugley Street
New Street
Orchard Street
Pyle Street
Quay Street
High Street Car Park, Carisbrooke
Ryde
Appley Park
Garfield Road
Green Street
Lind Place
Quay Road
St Thomas Street Upper and Lower
Puckpool Park
Victoria Street
Sandown
Fort Street
Station Avenue
The Heights
Yaverland
St Johns Road
New Road (Lake)
Shanklin
Atherley Road, Shanklin
Esplanade Gardens
Hope Road
Orchardleigh Road
Spa Site
Winchester House
Landguard Road
Vernon Meadow
Ventnor
Eastern Esplanade
Central Car Park
La Falaise
Smugglers Haven,
The Grove
Wootton
Brannon Way Car Park
River Road
£1 overnight charge to be introduced between 18:00 and 10:00:
Cowes
Esplanade
The Parade,
Ryde
Canoe Lake Road
Esplanade
North Walk
Sandown
Culver Parade
Esplanade
Dinosaur Island
Shanklin
Esplanade
Ventnor
Esplanade
Yarmouth
High Street
Parking here must be one of the most expensive places to park in the country (Just like the Buses and the Ferries)
‘Issues with parking meter software and the task of changing all related signage’… sums it up. The enormous cost involved to meet this goal would almost certainly outweigh any gains, particularly at £1 a night. Commercial folly, yet again, Laughable. The Council couldn’t run an ice cream bike.
And let’s not forget the extra wage for the traffic wardens who will now be working nights.