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Pension parking scam exposed

Feb 10 2006

By David Greenwood And Eryl Crump, Daily Post

 

Jane Edmonds, 80, says the price hike in pensioners' parking deals is disgraceful

A PARKING perk for pensioners is about to be axed after get-tough highways bosses uncovered a scam.

Almost 1,000 Anglesey pensioners enjoy a knock-down deal, paying just £15 a year to use any of the island's council-run car parks.

But an investigation into the parking voucher scheme appears to have highlighted a fiddle.

Council chiefs claim some elderly drivers are "lending" their vouchers to younger family members and friends.

Now the county council's head of highways and transportation Dewi Williams is calling for a major policy change.

He wants to scrap the discount scheme, forcing pensioners to pay the full whack. And he wants to raise the cost of ordinary parking vouchers from £100 to £120.

Last night an angry Anglesey pensioner branded the move "disgraceful".

Jane Edmonds, from Gaerwen, claimed the £15 scheme was already "too expensive".

The 80-year-old said: "Its already too expensive. At first the voucher cost just £5 then it went up to £10 and now it's £15.

"Doing away with it and asking us to pay £120 is disgraceful.

"I won't be buying it if it goes up to that amount."

 
 

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