Third is slashed off cost of car parking in Wolverhampton
Charges at a busy Wolverhampton car park will be slashed by more than a third in the new year in a bid to attract more shoppers, it was announced today.
The charge for parking at Pipers Row car park in the city centre for up to two hours will be reduced by 36 per cent from £5.50 to £3.50. And car park users leaving their vehicles there for up to four hours will be charged £6.50 instead of £9.50. It comes after car park operator NCP carried out a review of all its sites across Wolverhampton.
Bosses hope the new charges will encourage more short-stay customers.
NCP cluster manager Derek Kirkwood said: "I can confirm the new prices on some of our tariffs effective from January 7 for Pipers Row in Wolverhampton .
"This brings this car park in line with the other sites in the area and people using the site can see that this is a significant saving and we hope that by slashing the prices as we have done, will encourage people into the city centre."
The rate reductions at Piper Row are the latest to be made by NCP in recent months.
Last month the evening tariff was cut from £5 to £3.50 after 6pm.
And in August, NCP reduced its weekend charges at Pipers Row. All day parking on Sundays now costs £2.50.
Prior to that it was £2.50 an hour and £12 for more than four hours.
Meanwhile charges went down from £3 all day to £2 for people parking before 9.30am in Church Street, Wolverhampton.
It came after customers complained the prices were too high.
Rates have also recently been cut at the Wulfrun Centre in Wolverhampton and Freer Street in Walsall.
