Wolverhampton New Cross Hospital parking nightmare to end
A parking 'nightmare' is soon expected to be over for neighbours of Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital after a pay-and-display and permit scheme was given the thumbs up by council bosses.
Members of the city's decision-making cabinet welcomed the plan
as the best solution to parking issues which have been caused by hospital visitors looking to avoid on-site parking charges.
Residents will pay £20 a year under the plan, half the cost of a scheme put forward in 2008 which was rejected by householders.
Councillor Steve Evans, in charge of the city environment, said: "People should have the right to park outside their own property but because of the high cost of parking at New Cross, inevitably hospital visitors park in surrounding streets, making it difficult for residents and difficult for buses to get through.
