| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR 18:43 - Sep 3 with 15499 views | ArnieM |
Just to warn people who travel in to was Town from afar. The IBC have a reported, predicted, £22m + shortfall in funding and are planning a raft of cuts to save money.
But one of their planned items to claw in money that caught my eye is their plans to raise car parking fees in the the car parks around Portman Rd on match days, from the reported £6 to a whopping £15!!!!!
How the hell can they justify that? I don't think ITFC will be very impressed. |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:46 - Sep 3 with 8827 views | J2BLUE |
We need a wealth tax NOW.
I guess IBC have spent it all filling in all those potholes...
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:48 - Sep 3 with 8795 views | WeirdFishes |
Have they considered dynamic pricing? |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:50 - Sep 3 with 8768 views | J2BLUE |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:48 - Sep 3 by WeirdFishes |
Have they considered dynamic pricing? |
Great idea, they could up the prices on match days to something like £15! | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:00 - Sep 3 with 8720 views | slade1 |
The thieving ****** at the bottom of Sir Alf Ramsey Way is charging £20 this season. |  | | |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:04 - Sep 3 with 8688 views | bluelagos |
How much is the park and ride? That's some hike, am sure people will look at cheaper options. |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:08 - Sep 3 with 8652 views | Mullet |
This is what happens when people vote Tory.
Parking is one area they can make money and with the massive attendances the club is ripe for it. Would you rather they added the revenue into tax payers? |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:16 - Sep 3 with 8580 views | Trequartista |
Charging for brown bins as well.
I thought when you found a black hole in the finances you blamed whoever has been in power for the last 14 years? Ipswich Borough Council. |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:17 - Sep 3 with 8571 views | SitfcB |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:00 - Sep 3 by slade1 |
The thieving ****** at the bottom of Sir Alf Ramsey Way is charging £20 this season. |
If people are willing to pay it then he can’t really be called a ‘thieving ******’  |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:27 - Sep 3 with 8496 views | Dubtractor |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:16 - Sep 3 by Trequartista |
Charging for brown bins as well.
I thought when you found a black hole in the finances you blamed whoever has been in power for the last 14 years? Ipswich Borough Council. |
I'm not here to defend IBC, and that proposed parking increase is a p1ss take, but pretty much every council in the country is facing a financial disaster in the coming years if they don't take really difficult decisions now.
Years of austerity under the tories have left councils fooked, with council tax freezes for a number of years, reduced grant funding from central government, and the cost of certain services (especially people based services) sky rocketing as demand increases. |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:34 - Sep 3 with 8432 views | EssexBloo |
Should sell all that land to the club, let’s face it that swimming pool will never get built if they can’t even tidy up a bit of the town centre. | | | |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:36 - Sep 3 with 8420 views | ArnieM |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:27 - Sep 3 by Dubtractor |
I'm not here to defend IBC, and that proposed parking increase is a p1ss take, but pretty much every council in the country is facing a financial disaster in the coming years if they don't take really difficult decisions now.
Years of austerity under the tories have left councils fooked, with council tax freezes for a number of years, reduced grant funding from central government, and the cost of certain services (especially people based services) sky rocketing as demand increases. |
Very true re councils shortfalls. But what really angers me is the IBC are targeting a specific group. It's a kind of profiteering, and definitely inequitable in it's application across car owners- why just football fans? | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:51 - Sep 3 with 8309 views | mistert |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:46 - Sep 3 by J2BLUE |
We need a wealth tax NOW.
I guess IBC have spent it all filling in all those potholes...
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It's a minor point but IBC don't have responsibility for pot holes that would be Suffolk County Council. |  | | |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:55 - Sep 3 with 8288 views | SheffordBlue |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:08 - Sep 3 by Mullet |
This is what happens when people vote Tory.
Parking is one area they can make money and with the massive attendances the club is ripe for it. Would you rather they added the revenue into tax payers? |
Not sure if that's meant to be a whoosh but IBC has been under Labour control since 2011 hasn't it? | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:03 - Sep 3 with 8248 views | Mullet |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:55 - Sep 3 by SheffordBlue |
Not sure if that's meant to be a whoosh but IBC has been under Labour control since 2011 hasn't it? |
Who funds councils? https://ifs.org.uk/publications/what-outlook-english-councils-funding
As I asked Arnie would they rather councils just kept taxing people instead to make up these shortfalls? | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:04 - Sep 3 with 8232 views | Buhrer |
You answer your own question in your first paragraph, second line. |  | | |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:06 - Sep 3 with 8213 views | SheffordBlue |
Irrespective it's some fairly blatant price gouging and for a party that loves to go on about the moral high ground is a really bad look.
It's over a 100% price increase for a match day. | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:13 - Sep 3 with 8158 views | Mullet |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:06 - Sep 3 by SheffordBlue |
Irrespective it's some fairly blatant price gouging and for a party that loves to go on about the moral high ground is a really bad look.
It's over a 100% price increase for a match day. |
Is it a party decision or a fiscal one? Do they take from those using something or from the people they serve?
I think the population are struggling to wake up to the damage the Tories have done to almost everything in this country. | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:16 - Sep 3 with 8121 views | MattinLondon |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:48 - Sep 3 by WeirdFishes |
Have they considered dynamic pricing? |
Great idea. The bigger the car, the more you pay. |  | | |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:56 - Sep 3 with 7915 views | bournemouthblue |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 18:46 - Sep 3 by J2BLUE |
We need a wealth tax NOW.
I guess IBC have spent it all filling in all those potholes...
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IBC aren't in charge of the roads so I doubt that |  |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:03 - Sep 3 with 7861 views | BtreeBlueBlood |
Just when you thought the council were thinking let’s showcase Ipswich and get people spending their cash in local establishments which can pay the council tax etc etc. and keeping things open.
ITFC have the premiership money not the fans! |  | | |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:22 - Sep 3 with 7772 views | Help |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:27 - Sep 3 with 7741 views | Zx1988 |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 20:06 - Sep 3 by SheffordBlue |
Irrespective it's some fairly blatant price gouging and for a party that loves to go on about the moral high ground is a really bad look.
It's over a 100% price increase for a match day. |
Are there, perhaps, two angles to this?
1) Trying to boost revenue
2) Trying to discourage driving to the ground on matchdays, and the gridlock in town after matches | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:29 - Sep 3 with 7715 views | J2BLUE |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 19:51 - Sep 3 by mistert |
It's a minor point but IBC don't have responsibility for pot holes that would be Suffolk County Council. |
Fair play, that's quite an important point to be fair! | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:32 - Sep 3 with 7689 views | SheffordBlue |
| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:27 - Sep 3 by Zx1988 |
Are there, perhaps, two angles to this?
1) Trying to boost revenue
2) Trying to discourage driving to the ground on matchdays, and the gridlock in town after matches |
It will be interesting to see if 2) is successful of if it just pushes cars out on surrounding roads, other parking.
I have a 2 hour drive to home games and public transport isn't really a viable option so have no choice but to park. I currently park about a mile away and walk in and I think within that range there are plenty of spots. Think some people will stump up the extra money while others will just park elsewhere. | |
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| IBC's outrageous plans to hike car parking fees in car parks around PR on 21:36 - Sep 3 with 7655 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
So it’s not only the private sector engaged in price gouging.
There was a time when the working class could afford to go to football, now councils putting the boot in. Train prices are more than flying abroad so that’s not an options for many (when they are even running). The Park and ride is the worst I’ve used in the whole of England, and not fit for purpose.
The best option seems the various parking apps, and hopefully most will be able to avoid this opportunism. | | | |
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