Car Parks in the East Riding of Yorkshire made a loss for the first time ever during the pandemic.
In it's annual report on parking the East Riding authority says that during the pandemic the cost of operating and maintaining it's 65 off street car parks was more than revenue they generated.
It's the first time the authority hasn't made money on parking.
Alan Menzies is the council's Director of Economic Regeneration.
The Council operates 65 off-street car parks within the East Riding, along with a large number of on-street parking facilities with a combined capacity of over 8,000 spaces.
Bridlington Councillor Chris Matthews says car park use plummeted as the lockdowns took hold.
Over the past few years up to March 2020, total ticket numbers had stabilised at approximately 1.8 million, of which 1.3 million were chargeable. But the last year has significantly lower numbers due to the Covid 19 pandemic and multiple lockdowns in both 2020 and 2021. Total tickets numbers in 2020/21 were just over 1 million, of which 760,000 were chargeable.
The total income generated from pay and display meters in 2020/21 was £1.471m, with 69% from off-street car parks. Including income generated from permits and PCNs the total income shown in the parking account is £2.179m. Total income reduced by £1.396m from the preceding
year due to a suspension of charges between 26 March 2020 and 31 May 2020 and a reduction in demand during subsequent national Covid lockdown events resulting in over 0.5 million fewer chargeable tickets.
Total expenditure on managing and maintaining the car parks, along with the operating costs of administrating the controlled parking zones and civil parking enforcement totals £3.681m
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