One of the most sucessful High Streets on the South East coast ...

• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
  • Registered: 8 Oct 2012
  • Posts: 8,152
  19 May 2025     16:16387167
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  ................. so let's see how we can ruin it!
  
  Anger in Sandwich and Deal after council’s cabinet votes to increase car park charges by as much as almost 40%
  
  https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/this-will-kill-us-traders-slam-near-40-parking-charge-hi-324405/
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Dover Pilot

  • Registered: 28 Jul 2018
  • Posts: 348
  19 May 2025     23:10387173
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  'The council argues the increased fees and reduced time limits aim to boost turnover in car parks, enabling more people to visit towns like Deal and Sandwich'
  
  Presumably the councils next job will be to put up signs saying turn around and visit Dover town its cheaper to park there...
  
  Good job there are fastrack buses and more than 1 train an hour serving Deal & Sandwich as an alternative to those pesky cars
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• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
  • Registered: 25 Aug 2010
  • Posts: 23,942
  28 May 2025     06:31387199
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  It doesn't encourage people into the areas .
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