'The city is dead as it is already!' Wolverhampton weighs in on controversial parking charge hike
Car park users have expressed their worries over upcoming rises to car parking fees.
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City dwellers, students and shoppers have all expressed their concern over the controversial planned spike in car parking charges in Wolverhampton Council's car parks around the city centre.
The new charges at three of the council's car parks will see the full-day charge of £4.50 rise by more than half from Monday, November 4, with those travelling to the city centre by car expected to pay a heavy fee of £6 for a stay of up to six hours, or £9 for a full day instead.
The council-owned car parking spaces account for 41.8 percent of the city centre's provision, with everyone from shoppers to students using them as an alternative to the privately-owned NCP car parking.
Now, Wolverhampton drivers have said they are concerned for the city following changes, fearing that "it is dead as it is already".
George and Sally Dale said: "It's going to be terrible. The city is dead as it is already. People are going to be scared off by the cost of parking around here.
"I think it should be free parking. They're trying to get people into the city."
