Less Congestion and Fairer Parking

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 19th Oct 2005

Less congestion and fairer parking are promised when changes are implemented to the current Central Milton Keynes car parking scheme.

From Friday 4 November, residents, workers and visitors will benefit from:

• The introduction of commuter parking permits and car-share permits to long-stay pay-and-display parking bays in Station Square and beside the Hockey Stadium (exclusively for Milton Keynes council-tax payers)

• The introduction of "No double parking" throughout Central Milton Keynes

• The addition of a further six disabled parking bays

• The introduction of an additional taxi rank at Xcape

• Relocation of 15 residents' parking bays from North Row to North Fourteenth Street

• Increase of free parking in North Row

• Ten additional 15-minute drop-off bays at the railway station.

Cabinet Member responsible for parking, Liberal Democrat Councillor Graham Mabbutt said: "This is part of the annual review of the Central Milton Keynes car parking scheme. We aim to fine-tune the scheme in response to requests from users, and to make the scheme even more user-friendly."

Further details relating to the parking arrangements in Central Milton Keynes can be found on the Council's web page: www.mkweb.co.uk/parkingreview2005