Liberal Democrat councillors have expressed satisfaction with the decision of St Albans District Council to in principle reverse the decision to increase parking charges made as part of last years budget process.

“This is an important step on the road towards reversing the introduction of Sunday charging and returning the amount of free parking at leisure facilities to 3 hours,” commented local councillor Gerard McHale.

“We have also requested that the introduction of one hour free parking on pay and display car parking be considered and look forward to hearing the report from Cabinet in Autumn”, Gerard added.

Chris White, Lib Dem Group Leader, who proposed the motion noted: “We strongly objected to this proposal when it was introduced last year, and we are now happier that this is now in the process of being reversed. We will continue to force the issue until the final process has been concluded.”