A pledge by Bradford Council’s leader to introduce free parking across the district is currently “not deliverable”, the authority has confirmed.
The council’s Reform executive said decision makers were “not yet able to implement” a shake-up of existing parking restrictions – including a free hour for drivers at council-owned car parks – that was announced earlier this summer.
It would have reversed, to a large extent, an earlier decision by the previous Labour-run administration to scrap some free and evening parking.
Ian Walker, the council’s spokesman for neigbourhoods and communities, said: We appreciate that residents will be frustrated.”
In July, council leader Stephen Place posted a video on Bradford Council’s social media pages, external to announce several changes to parking across the district.
The announcement claimed the changes would go before a meeting of the executive in September to be ratified.
The Reform leader’s announcement said: “Since we formed the administration in May this year, there’s been a lot of noise about car parking and, of course, we’ve been listening.
“I do have three announcements, but they are subject to ratification in September at the executive meeting.
“So, number one, during the week, if you need to pop and shop, you get one hour’s free parking in Bradford-owned car parks.
“Also, in the evening, to help the night-time economy, car parking from 18:00 onwards will be free.
“And the final part of our announcement is that leisure centres and certain visitor attractions throughout the school holidays will be completely free to help you take your kids out and have a good day.”
