Parking fees going up in Christchurch
The Christchurch City Council, as part of its 10-year budget, the long-term plan, last week confirmed on-street parking in the central city will increase from $3.10 an hour to $4.50 – a 45 per cent increase.
The cost to park at the council’s Lichfield St car park building will also rise from $2.80 an hour to $4 – a 43 per cent increase. The rate at the Art Gallery car park doubles from $2 an hour to $4.
By comparison, people are charged $4.50 an hour to park in central Wellington and $2.50 on the weekend. Auckland charges $5 an hour for the first two hours and then $10 per hour after that.
The on-street fee hikes are expected to generate $660,000 of additional revenue for Christchurch. That figure would have been $960,000, but the council planned to waive the credit card fees and pay them itself, at a cost of $300,000.
The increase in off-street parking charges is expected to bring in an extra $162,000.
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Hey Pet Owners!
Just a heads up that a certain large chain pet store at Linwood currently has a sale on some items.
However my husband was about to pay full price when he remembered the advert and showed the shop assistant the discount on his phone.
‘Oh ok’ she said ‘if you show us the brochure you can have it for sale price, otherwise full price!”
A bit underhanded in my opinion!
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