I SEE from your report in the Evening Advertiser on May 26 that Swindon Council is planning to once again hike the cost of residents parking permits .
It is using the pathetic excuse that there are not enough spaces for the number of permits that are issued.
This will not, of course, solve the parking problem, which has partly been caused by the council allowing too many family homes in this area to be converted into multi-let properties.
And it is yet another excuse to raise revenue for a cash strapped council.
Originally, the cost for permits was £10 once only with a maximum of three permits per household.
People have cars because they need them, not just to annoy the council, who do not seem to be able to grasp this. To charge people such as carers £1.10 an hour, is absolutely disgusting.
Put the residents, not the revenue, first.
J LUCAS
Old Town
Swindon
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