Six new pay and display machines will be installed at three Christchurch locations after residents and visitors reported payment problems linked to mobile phone signal and limited alternatives nearby. Six new parking machines will be installed in Christchurch after feedback from residents and visitors. BCP Council reviewed its pay and display machines after a trial which removed underused units across the area while keeping different ways to pay in place at its car parks. One machine will go to Highcliffe Castle, three to Mudeford Quay, and two to Bank Close, where people reported payment p
Six new parking machines will be installed in Christchurch after feedback from residents and visitors.
BCP Council reviewed its pay and display machines after a trial which removed underused units across the area while keeping different ways to pay in place at its car parks.
One machine will go to Highcliffe Castle, three to Mudeford Quay, and two to Bank Close, where people reported payment problems linked to poor mobile phone signal and limited alternatives.
The IPS Group UK machines will accept cash and card, and Councillor Richard Herrett said the council had 'listened carefully' before choosing technology which finds the strongest available mobile network.
The council says parts from decommissioned machines have been reused to maintain units still in service, which reduces waste, and existing housings have been kept where possible to limit installation work.
Across BCP Council car parks, around 72 per cent of customers use a parking app and 20 per cent pay by card, with text and automated telephone payments available too.
The review is complete, and machines removed during the trial will stay out of service, with the six new Christchurch machines the only immediate change from the findings of the review.
