Notices tell drivers that new £1 coins are not accepted.
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The government introduced the new 12-sided coin on 28 March 2017. The new and old £1 coins were both accepted as legal currency for six months until the old coin officially ceased to be legal tender.
Now over three months later, the majority of parking machines in Hammersmith and Fulham have notices warning drivers that they must use the old coin when paying in cash.
There are some new meters already where new £1 coins can be used. The notices also promise that more new machines will be installed very soon. As an alternative all parking meters provide instructions for paying using a mobile app.
A spokesperson from Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which has been controlled by Labour since 2014, said: “In 2016, the RingGo app service was introduced and has seen 85% of all payments being made via this service. The meter upgrade programme is nearing completion. The upgraded machines will also take contactless and card payments.”
Parking machines criticism
Hammersmith and Fulham’s Conservatives Shadow Transport spokesperson, Steve Hamilton, criticised the council for being behind schedule on upgrading machines.
“The current council had delayed the plans when they took charge. Therefore instead of all the meters being in place for March last year ready for the new pound coins, they have delayed their plans. They put signs out on the meters that said they would be replaced by the end of the year and unfortunately they failed to meet that.”
“A few of the [new] meters have been rolled out but not enough and finding them is very difficult. The council haven’t provided signs to help you find where the working meters are.”
A local resident also criticised the new system:
“What I think is really ridiculous is surely the amount of money that these coin operated parking machines must have cost years ago. And now they’re all standing idly looking ugly on the street – and why didn’t they just change the new system for the £1 coins rather than abandon that system which probably cost millions.”
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The government introduced the new 12-sided coin on 28 March 2017. The new and old £1 coins were both accepted as legal currency for six months until the old coin officially ceased to be legal tender.
Now over three months later, the majority of parking machines in Hammersmith and Fulham have notices warning drivers that they must use the old coin when paying in cash.
There are some new meters already where new £1 coins can be used. The notices also promise that more new machines will be installed very soon. As an alternative all parking meters provide instructions for paying using a mobile app.
A spokesperson from Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which has been controlled by Labour since 2014, said: “In 2016, the RingGo app service was introduced and has seen 85% of all payments being made via this service. The meter upgrade programme is nearing completion. The upgraded machines will also take contactless and card payments.”
Parking machines criticism
Hammersmith and Fulham’s Conservatives Shadow Transport spokesperson, Steve Hamilton, criticised the council for being behind schedule on upgrading machines.
“The current council had delayed the plans when they took charge. Therefore instead of all the meters being in place for March last year ready for the new pound coins, they have delayed their plans. They put signs out on the meters that said they would be replaced by the end of the year and unfortunately they failed to meet that.”
“A few of the [new] meters have been rolled out but not enough and finding them is very difficult. The council haven’t provided signs to help you find where the working meters are.”
A local resident also criticised the new system:
“What I think is really ridiculous is surely the amount of money that these coin operated parking machines must have cost years ago. And now they’re all standing idly looking ugly on the street – and why didn’t they just change the new system for the £1 coins rather than abandon that system which probably cost millions.”
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