At the Dacorum Council meeting today I asked the Tory run council to earmark a proportion of car park revenue to support public transport. They refused. My colleague Cllr Nick Hollinghurst asked if the Council would pay its full share of bus subsidy for late night and rural buses. They refused and resorted to insults against my colleagues.
This goes to show that Tory run Dacorum is more interested in raking money in from the car parks then its commitment to provide alternatives to the car. It also shows that they are willing to put bus services at risk even when for some people it is the only way they can get around town.

On the evening of Tuesday 30^th October Liberal Democrat Cllrs Lloyd Harris and Nick Hollinghurst spoke at the Dacorum Borough Council Cabinet Meeting against plans to remove the first hour free from the Tring and Boxmoor car parks. They also opposed charging in the Borough’s car parks on Sundays and Bank Holidays and proposals to offer parking season tickets in a trial in Tring without any discount. After lengthy discussion the Cabinet agreed to a blanket 20% increase on car parking across the Borough, to retain the first free hour in Tring and Cowper Road, Boxmoor, not to introduce Sunday and Bank Holiday charging and to offer a discount in the season ticket trial in Tring, which the Liberal Democrats hope to be at least 10%.

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