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    Oct 2022

    Last Updated: 19/10/2022
    Environment
    Environment

    Swinsty and Fewston parking charges to include 'season ticket'

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 20 Oct, 2022
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    Motorists using Swinsty, Fewston or Thruscross reservoirs will be able to purchase season tickets, under new parking charges set to be introduced.

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    Swinsty Reservoir. Picture: Colin Corker.

    Controversial parking charges at Harrogate district reservoirs are set to include season tickets, Yorkshire Water has confirmed.

    The company is to introduce payment machines and automatic number plate recognition at Swinsty, Fewston and Thruscross car parks.

    Yorkshire Water said previously that the revenue generated will help to pay for an in-house rangers team, which would undertake maintenance jobs and tackle anti-social behaviour at its sites.

    Proposals for parking machines at both Fewston and Swinsty reservoirs have been approved by Harrogate Borough Council.

    While no date has been confirmed for when charges will come in, Yorkshire Water said they will include season tickets for one or multiple sites.

    A spokesperson told the Stray Ferret:

    “There will be an option for visitors to purchase a ‘season ticket’ for the year which can cover just one car park or all car parks in the Washburn Valley, obviously this will work out cheaper than ‘pay as you go’ option, depending on how frequently people visit.
    “The prices for the season tickets will be £30 per annum for a single site and £45 per annum for multiple sites. Blue badge holders, as previously stated, will be able to park free of charge."





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    • Parking meters installed in Ripley car park

    • Reservoir parking costs could cause ‘tremendous problems’ on nearby roads

    • ‘Serious concerns’ over Swinsty Reservoir parking charges plan





    Car park users will be able to pay via card payment on site, by using the RingGo app or telephone.

    The proposed tariffs will be one hour at £1, two hours at £2, six hours at £3 and an all day pass for £5.

    Bransby Wilson Parking Solutions, based in York, has been appointed to operate the parking meters. 

    While the company said the charges will help to avert anti-social behaviour, Washburn Parish Council and local residents previously raised “serious concerns” about the impact of parking charges on local roads.

    The council wrote to Harrogate Borough Council to object to the plans at both Swinsty and raised concern that the charges will "lead to unsafe conditions on local rural lanes".