After a delay caused by the recent General Election, the long-awaited consultation on controversial new parking proposals in Kings Langley has finally taken place.
Under the plans put forward by Dacorum Borough Council (DBC), drivers parking in the centre of the High Street between 8am and 6pm would be charged 80p for 30 minutes and £1.50 for an hour, with no return within two hours.
Free parking would still be available on the far ends of the High Street, but only for 30 minutes.
At the two car parks in the village on Langley Hill and The Nap, all-day free parking would be reduced to four hours only.
This has caused much consternation amongst businesses owners, a number of village residents and Kings Langley Parish Council, so much so that a petition has been launched against the plans.
Parish councillors Matthew Price, Howard Button and Jennie Lydon delivered the petition, which at the final tally had 3,840 signatures, to DBC at their head offices at The Forum in Hemel Hempstead by on Wednesday, July 10.
Cllr Button said: “Everyone loves our High Street because of its small independent shops, but these proposals will drive shoppers to places like Sainsbury’s with free parking.”
The consultation closed on Wednesday, July 31. DBC will consider all responses from residents before making its final recommendations and decisions.
If the plans go ahead, they will come into effect in November.
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