Authorities in Preston are doing their best to encourage people to visit the city in 2014 by freezing parking tariffs in all council-run facilities.

Bosses at the town hall have decided to stick with the same pricing structure for the next year, despite recording a fall in income in their most recent results, reports the Lancashire Evening Post.

The car parks that are included in the scheme are those at the Bus Station, Market Hall, Avenham and Hill Street. By freezing the parking tariffs, Preston City Council is hoping to encourage more people to visit the conurbation in the coming months.

Councillor Robert Boswell, cabinet member for environment, said the local authority has held a full review of its parking facilities and this has led to it making the decision to freeze prices, while it will also offer discounts to city centre workers.

"As a council, we are doing what we can to try and encourage people into the city centre with an arts and culture programme and a series of events supported by affordable car parking," he stated.

"When people use council car parks, the money is put back into essential public services and by keeping rates largely the same for the past two years we expect to see more people using our facilities."

Regardless of the price any council is charging drivers to leave their car in a particular space, it is important they recruit people in parking jobs to ensure the rules and regulations are adhered to and anyone who flouts the guidelines is punished with a penalty notice.

There has been a fall in the use of car parks in Preston, with the Avenham multi-storey said to have been the worst hit, so focusing on parking here could be a shrewd policy in the near future.

The Bus Station car park also recorded a decline in use, with income falling by 25 per cent in September, while Market Hall lost about ten per cent.

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