Calls have been made for free Saturday car parking to be introduced on council run sites in the run-up to Christmas. Conservatives tabled a motion to Bury council calling for a suspension of parking charges on council-owned car parks each Saturday throughout the month of December.
They say free parking on the Saturdays leading up to Christmas will help boost numbers in the town centre following the pandemic and encourage residents and visitors to shop local. READ MORE:Metrolink driver assaulted at Rochdale tram stop in latest violent incident on the network.
The move would ‘celebrate the success of the town centre’ after Bury Council were awarded two levelling up bids totalling £40 million to regenerate Bury Market and Radcliffe town
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