AA calls for free Christmas parking

Motoring organisation says parking machines are the ‘Achilles heel’ of social distancing

#ShopLocal: Thanet District Council in Kent encouraged people to shop safely and support the small business community by shopping locally. In a bid to give town centres a boost, on the two Saturdays leading up to Christmas (Saturdays 12 and 19 December) free parking was provided at three car parks in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.

#ShopLocal: Thanet District Council in Kent encouraged people to shop safely and support the small business community by shopping locally. In a bid to give town centres a boost, on the two Saturdays leading up to Christmas (Saturdays 12 and 19 December) free parking was provided at three car parks in Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.

Consumers whose shopping has now become entrenched online because of COVID lockdown restrictions may need the incentive of free parking to encourage them back to high streets, local stores and shopping centres over the Christmas period.

Lifting parking charges from the middle of December onwards could give a boost to the high street, says the AA. The motoring organisation is calling for free Christmas parking from Monday 14 December to help revive the festive fortunes of beleaguered shops and...

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