In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser found out what people think of District Council's free car park initiative throughout December.
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00:00 Yes, absolutely, it will benefit Newark tremendously by bringing more people into the town.
00:13 I also think it should also reduce the cost of the car parking to let the shopping people
00:19 in and let them enjoy the benefits of the Newark town centre, for which we have a lovely
00:24 town, because shopkeepers are struggling, bring the people in, reduce the cost of the
00:32 car parking, they will come back to this lovely town of ours.
00:37 Encourage people to come into town instead of being afraid of getting a parking ticket
00:44 in other areas, and yes, it will bring business hopefully to Newark when we need it.
00:53 Yes, well it's just going to bring more people into the town and keep these shops going in
01:00 the town centre, so that's a good thing.
01:04 It should bring people in to do Christmas shopping or just to look around the place,
01:10 and hopefully yes, it will benefit the shops.
01:14 The only problem is going to be the congestion on the roads when people arrive and are trying
01:20 to get into the car parks, but yes, encourage people to come in and spend money in Newark.
01:26 There's loads of independent shops where you could get great benefits, why not?
01:31 I think yes, it's a sensible move.
01:34 Definitely beneficial, it's so expensive, the car parking, so yes, I think it's beneficial.
01:41 It will bring more people into the town.
01:43 And how do you think obviously bringing people into town will benefit the town and the town centre?
01:48 Or the local businesses, the market and everything.
01:52 Yes, every town's diverse.
01:56 It is more people being able to come into town.
02:00 Yes, it's a shame that it's going down the road with the car parking, it's all added expense.
02:08 If you can park free, it's a business.
02:12 I think it's good that they've put free weekends on. I would like to see the car parking go down in price,
02:19 if not be got rid of at all. That's what's killing the town centre.
02:25 I think more people would come into town if the car parking wasn't so expensive,
02:30 and spend a little bit more leisure time in the centre of town.
02:34 There's plenty of cafes to go to, sometimes it's lovely to walk around,
02:38 and I don't think the council would really sell for so little.