It states that the reduction or even gratuitousness would be beneficial not only for the users, but for the merchants themselves, since sometimes the cost of parking is a handicap to move to the city to make purchases
The Municipal Socialist Group will defend in a motion in the next ordinary plenary session that the PP meet with all associations of merchants of the city and parking companies, in order to get the signing of an agreement to obtain a reduction or even free of charge Ticket parking, one of the highest in the country.
Even Councilman Juan Vicente Larrosa believes that "would be a benefit for users who make purchases in the associated establishments that could be in force for the next sale period."
It also warns that it could also be profitable for the merchants themselves because the cost of parking is a handicap when the citizens decide to move to the center of the city to make purchases and, therefore, it is preferable to go to the shopping centers .
Likewise, the councilman denounces the precarious relationship between the quality of public car parks in Murcia and the high price users have to pay to use them.
For this reason, it will also demand a complete revision of the tariffs in the parking lots of municipal concession so that a decrease of the same occurs before the month of October next.
In this sense, Larrosa, who first criticizes that Murcia is among the ten cities with the most expensive price in the country, specifies that these costs do not correspond to the quality that later offer the parking lots full of puddles, bad smells, poor lighting and Up to chipped walls.
"It is an image of neglect and neglect that is also impregnated in the memory of the visitor," he says.
He warns that the hourly rate in most car parks is in the neighborhood of four cents per minute, so that "most of the users who come to our city to do paperwork, go out of doors or even To go to a medical appointment can end up disbursing up to five euros for the time it takes to carry out these steps. "
"If we are committed to a lively, friendly city that favors commerce and leisure in our streets and squares, we must promote tariffs that are affordable for most users, because we must remember that the frequency, prices and itineraries of transportation Favors the transfer to the city center, "he explains.
Source: PSOE Murcia