A NEW storm is brewing over parking in Frodsham’s Eddisbury Square – more than a year after the last one.
Cllr Tom Reynolds raised the issue at the monthly meeting of the Town Council when he warned that the town was in danger of gaining a reputation of being a place where you did not go to shop because of parking issues.
He said a woman who lived outside Frodsham had received a “fine” for overstaying the two-hour free parking period on Eddisbury Square when she had not, in fact, done so.
She had parked once and then left and her husband had returned to Frodsham later the same day and parked for 10 minutes on Eddisbury Square. But they had not stayed two hours between them.
She was appealing against the “fine” but had been caused inconvenience and anxiety.
Signs on the car park were not at all clear, he said and it appeared that the CCTV cameras did not always record cars entering or leaving the car park.
Cllr Mallie Poulton said the council had protested to the car park operators last year but had never received a decent response
He was concerned that similar parking issues were now arising on the Morrison’s car park.
Cllr Caroline Ashton suggested that free parking areas in Frodsham should be signposted to try and show motorists where they could park without using Eddisbury Square.
It was agreed the matter be referred to the next open meeting of the council’s parking working group at Castle Park House on Monday April 11 between 5-7.30pm
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