BUSINESSES and shoppers are clamouring for free car parking to boost
trade in Sedgley - after a Freedom of
Information request revealed that current charges on one local site bring in a
"pitiful" profit of less than £300 a year. One Sedgley shopkeeper said his old-established family business had lost
between 15 and 20 per cent in takings over the last couple of years as customers
headed for areas with free parking, such as Merry Hill.
The campaign to end charging at the Bilston Street car park is being led
by Sedgley councillor and West Midlands Euro MP Bill Etheridge, who has
collected a 150-name petition calling for free parking. Dudley News.
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