% EV drivers w/ free-parking badge have to pay for free-EVSE !?! Council is not on-board with advertised 'free' %
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/electric-car-owners-riled-by-power-costs-in-perth-1.891682 Electric car owners riled by power costs in Perth By Jamie Buchan, 25 July 2015 [image http://www.thecourier.co.uk/polopoly_fs/1.891681.1437822056!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620/image.jpg Peter Barrett says the council is putting up barriers in electric car users’ faces ] Electric car owners claim they are being ripped off by Perth Council chiefs. Motorists say that they are being forced to pay to access free power points at the city’s South Inch car park. Local councillor Peter Barrett said the set-up means Perth and Kinross Council is the only local authority in Scotland which applies parking charges to electric vehicle (EV) users in municipal car parks. He has demanded that the system is immediately revised and arrangements are made to allow free access to South Inch’s charging facilities. The council said there were other sites in and around the city which offered free access, including the park-and-ride site at Broxden. A spokeswoman also revealed plans to create a network of more than 100 charging points across the region. Mr Barrett, who said he had received complaints from EV users, said the South Inch payment system followed an “ill-considered decision” by council leaders. He said: “On the one hand, the council is supposed to be encouraging greater use of non-polluting vehicles and supporting de-carbonisation of transport. “But on the other hand, the council is putting up barriers in EV users’ faces.” “To add insult to injury, the charging points are supposed to be free to electric vehicle users and are advertised as such on a variety of electric vehicle websites.” Mr Barrett added: “Forcing EV drivers to pay is just going to shunt users to the already congested Broxden park-and-ride. “Blue badge holders are permitted to use South Inch without charge. “The same service should be provided to EV users with immediate effect.” A council spokeswoman said: “Drivers of electric vehicles are not being charged to use the EV charging points at South Inch, they are being charged for using the car park to park their car. “The new pay-on-foot parking structure was introduced at the car park following a demand from the public for a more flexible parking service in the city.” She added that drivers can park for 15 minutes without paying and the site’s two rapid power points can usually charge vehicles in less than 20 minutes. “The council aims to create a high density public charging point network of 115 points across Perth and Kinross.” [© thecourier.co.uk] ... http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/11288/Pay-on-Foot-parking-at-the-South-Inch-Car-Park May 11, 2015 ... Blue Badge holders can exit the car park without charge ... ... http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/3441/Parking-in-Perth-City-Centre Nov 7, 2014 ... South Inch ... Blue badge holders are permitted to park in any Council controlled on or off-street parking bay free of charge ... ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Blue+badge+South+Inch+Perth Searchs show spokewoman's untruth https://www.google.com/search?q=free+charging+Perth ... http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/was-electric-cars-get-south-west-recharge-link/story-fnhocxo3-1227408564816 WA's electric cars get South-West recharge link - Perth Now Jun 21, 2015 ... Owners will be able to charge their cars for free until the end of the year, after which each local government will decide if, and how much, ... For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/What-part-of-free-parking-and-free-charging-is-not-free-in-Perth-au-tp4676892.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
