PUBLISHED: 10:08 10 November 2018 | UPDATED: 10:08 10 November 2018 St Andrews Car Park in Norwich, the top money-spinner for Norwich City Council. Photo: Steve Adams Copyright Archant Norfolk 2015 New figures have revealed the millions of pounds Norwich City Council is making from its car parks – but council leaders have said the money is desperately needed to preserve services. Paul Kendrick, Norwich City Councils cabinet member for financial and investment management, Pic: Archant Library. City Hall made almost £5.2m from drivers parking in its 14 city car parks in 2017/18, an increase of more than £365,000 on the previous year. It was above the £4.5m the council had estimated would be raised. The figures, obtained through the Freedom Of Information Act, showed £1.27m was made for the three months of this year (April, May and June) for which figures are available, up on £1.18m paid over the same period last year. The biggest money-spinner for the council is the 1,084 space St Andrew’s multi-storey car park, which brought in £2.23m in 2017/18 and just under £2m the previous year. The £7m multi-storey, 600 space car park in Rose Lane, named as the country’s best new car park in the British Parking Awards last year, brought in £673,747 in 2017/18 – more than the £394,838 it was budgeted to generate. However, despite the sums raised, less than half the money raised was pumped back into improvements, maintenance and the running of the car parks. In 2017/18, just over… [Read full story]
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