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Article: Station extends car park. . . at GBP20K for every space Taxpayers to foot GBP372,000 bill for extra parking
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- Evening Times
- Article date:
- February 12, 2008
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AT GBP20,000 a space, it must be one of the most expensive car
parks in Britain.
Transport chiefs have agreed to pay GBP372,000 to create an extra
18 parking spaces next to Easterhouse railway station.
Today passengers who use the station and local residents said
they were shocked at the cost of the project, which will begin next
week and should be completed by June.
But neighbours said the extra spaces would be worth the money -
which will come from the public purse - as they would cut congestion
caused by commuters parking on kerbs outside houses.
Councillors on Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's ruling
committee agreed to the move to increase the number of spaces from
27 to 45.
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