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Golden Acre Park visitors reflect on car parking charges which are set to be introduced in Leeds parks
National World - LocalTV
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06/08/2024
Parking charges are being introduced at Golden Acre Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, Temple Newsam and Otley Chevin - what do you think about this?
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I think any increase in charge from something that's been free before is always a shock
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and you're always a little bit apprehensive to pay it and a little bit like, you know,
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where's that money going, what's it doing? But I don't think it's astronomical. I think
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people will still come and as long as the money's being used for maintenance of the places that
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we're going then I can't see it being that much of an issue paying it, to be honest.
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I think it's absolutely scandalous, to be honest. I live in Bramhook, this is my local park.
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I walk every morning, 365 days a year. Coming here, I can't walk from where I do live,
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it's just the far side of the roundabout. That's going to cost me £500 a year
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and I only come for an hour, half an hour or an hour. So basically they're taking
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something away from me so I won't come. It's everybody's park, it's not the council's park,
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it's our park. They seem to have forgotten that. I think it's inevitable. Local councils
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have had their money strapped for years and years so they need to make money
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and so it's going to happen. It's unfortunate but that's just the way it is.
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I think generally it's a bad idea because I think it will stop some people from coming.
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Most people would be able to, a lot of people would be able to, but of course we want families
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to come with children and of course there's a cost of living crisis and anything that adds to that
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is not good. I suppose what I'm saying is generally no, I'm not in favour.
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I think it's fair enough that people are charged for parking. £1 for an hour doesn't sound too
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much to me. People who can afford to have a car and come up here anyway, it's probably not going
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to make a big difference. I think if it helps the upkeep of the park or other social services,
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that's fine.
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