Nairn voluntary parking scheme raises £24k for Common Good Fund
A NAIRN parking scheme on Common Good land has generated more than £24,000 income for the 2022/2023 period so far.
At next week's area committee, Nairnshire councillors will be asked to agree that running costs for the invitation to pay parking scheme at three different sites in town – which amount to £4,076 – are charged against the Nairn Common Good Fund.
The costs incurred by the council’s Parking Enforcement Team for the sites at the Links, the Harbour and the Maggot car parks generated from card transaction and processing fees (£723), maintenance for six payment machines (£2,400 in total) and staff costs to retrieve cash and monitor the sites (£953.16).
However, in the same period the parking scheme, which is based on voluntary paying and no enforcement, raised £24,753 for the Nairn Common Good Fund.
In 2022/23, the Links took in £11,317, the Harbour garnered £7,770, while the Maggot got £5,666.
The town's Highland councillors voted to extend the scheme for another four years in November last year.
Last year (2021/2022) the parking sites raised respectively £10,026, £6,627 and £4,838.
