Our colleague Chris Lumley represents Grange Ward in Rayleigh, next to the Railway Station, so he frequently has to deal with problems caused by commuters parking in side streets.
As a result he’s been looking into the usage level of the Approach Car Park, owned by the District Council.
Without going into details, it seems that the occupancy rate – and the income to the Council – isn’t very impressive. There’s a case for actually cutting the charges to tempt commuters back into using it….