The City of Lincoln Council is planning to raise the cost of parking in Lincoln once again, the second annual rise that will hit four-hour parkers the hardest.

 

Parking at Lucy Tower Street, City Hall, Motherby Lane, Flaxengate and Tentercroft Street will cost drivers £6 for four-hours, up 50p on the 2016-17 rate.

 

The new multi-story Lincoln Central Car Park is set to have the same rate.

 

Staying for over four-hours at Castle, Westgate, The Lawn Complex and Langworthgate will cost £8.50, also up 50p. Residential and business parking permits will not be touched.

 

Other times are set to rise by between 20 and 40p, full details can be found on the City of Lincoln Council's website.

 

City council leader Ric Metcalfe said: "The government is reducing the amount of support it provides to local councils, so we need new sources of funding to keep us afloat.

 

"The increase in parking will cost the average household about 10 pence a week." The council needs to find £400,000 in savings in the coming financial year, to cover central government's shortfall.

 

On top of the increase in parking prices, the City of Lincoln Council has also reached an agreement with the University of Lincoln to control parking on university grounds.

 

The City of Lincoln Council already runs a surplus on its parking operations. A study by the RAC Foundation placed Lincoln 88th out of 353 local authorities. It ran a surplus of £2.3 million in 2016-17, down from a 2015-16 surplus of £2.6 million.

 

Lincolnshire county came 335 in that list, one of 13 percent of local authorities to report negative returns on parking operations in 2016-17.

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