MK City Council confirm changes to car parking tariffs in city centre

Milton Keynes City Council have confirmed there will be changes to car parking tariffs in the city centre.

The changes go live from next Monday (31/03) and are the first recorded on city centre car parks in over a decade.

The move will see changes that MK City Council first announced last November go into effect.

Under the new rules, the two-hour minimum stay period in standard (purple) bays becomes £2.00 (currently £1.00) with the hourly rate thereafter changed unchanged at 50p per hour.

One-hour minimum stay period in premium (red) bays becomes £2.50 (currently £2.00) with the hourly rate thereafter unchanged at £2.00 per hour.

In further alterations, E1 employee permit daily charge becomes £3.00 for a whole day (currently £2.80) or £2.00 for five hours (currently £1.40).

The City Council have also added that they will be removing car share, hotel or conference permits due to their limited use. Car share permit applications have fallen by nearly 90% in the last five years.

MK City Council justified the changes in a statement by saying, “The new tariffs still mean that Milton Keynes remains competitive compared to other similar city centre parking such as Northampton or Bedford centres which cost £2 per hour to park.

“The changes align the cost of parking closer to that of bus travel as part of wider work to encourage more passengers onto public transport. For most journeys in Milton Keynes the bus fare to the city centre is £2.00 for a single trip.”