Cheshire East Council is rolling out new ticket machines at its pay-and-display car parks across the borough which will provide residents, shoppers and visitors with a greatly improved service.
The new pay-and-display machines will be introduced over the next couple of months and will provide a variety of quick and simple ways for people to pay for their parking.
The new machines will be far more robust and reliable and will accept all methods of payment, except banknotes.
The machines will accept the new £1 coin, due to come into circulation tomorrow, (Tuesday 28 March), as well as the existing £1 coin and will also be able to take contactless payments. Chip and pin for both debit and credit cards can be used for payment and motorists will still be able to pay for their parking via the RingGo mobile payment app.
Councillor David Brown, Cheshire East cabinet member for infrastructure and highways, said: “Once again, Cheshire East is stealing a march on many other authorities by having a plan in place to instal these new machines as the new coinage comes into circulation.
“We have listened to our residents’ concerns about availability of appropriate means of paying and I believe that we now offer a very broad range of options, which will suit all purposes.”
There will be a very short period, between the new £1 coins coming into circulation and the installation of the new machines, when the new coins will not be accepted by the current machines being replaced.
During this period, there will be laminate signs on all the existing machines. The signs will be clearly displayed on the machines once the new coins come into circulation.
2 comments:
OK so we have new machines. Now we have to enter our car registration number. This takes time and patience because of the numerous small buttons and poor contrast of the number against the button. In darkness it is really difficult causing more queues and frustration at the ticket meter. Get one digit wrong and you will get a hefty fine.
And why has the self stick ticket been abandoned? Is Cheshire East not aware of the numerous disputes that arise elsewhere when tickets which are simply placed on a dashboard get displaced when a car door or boot is slammed and draughts flip them over or elsewhere resulting in more hefty fines. It sure is a smart move to increase your revenues Cheshire East.
OK so we have new machines. Now we have to enter our car registration number. This takes time and patience because of the numerous small buttons and poor contrast of the number against the button. In darkness it is really difficult causing more queues and frustration at the ticket meter. Get one digit wrong and you will get a hefty fine.
And why has the self stick ticket been abandoned? Is Cheshire East not aware of the numerous disputes that arise elsewhere when tickets which are simply placed on a dashboard get displaced when a car door or boot is slammed and draughts flip them over or elsewhere resulting in more hefty fines. It sure is a smart move to increase your revenues Cheshire East.
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