Scrapping plan for on-street parking charges across NI leaves £8.8m hole
As the BBC reports, Northern Ireland Regional Development Minister, the UUP’s Danny Kennedy, has shelved his predecessor, Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy’s, plans to extend on-street parking charges to 30 towns and cities across Northern Ireland. Leaving a £8.8million hole in his budget. From the BBC report The minister now has an £8.8m hole in his budget because of the projected revenue lost from on-street parking. He said this would have to be plugged by making cuts in other areas. “Given …