A local writer discusses the new 'Premium Parking' scheme at the Trafford Centre, initially feeling apprehensive about paying for parking but ultimately finding some positives in the larger spaces designed for larger vehicles.
I've been driving to the Trafford Centre for the best part of 25 years, and, call me a creature of habit, but I always, always head to the same car park.
Yes, the one the Trafford Centre is soon to barrier off into a new 'Premium Parking' experience that customers will have to pay for. At first I thought 'no way am I paying to park there'. But since then I've had time to reflect, look a bit more at all the details of the thing, and realise you know what? This might not be such a bad thing after all.
I've been whinging about these super-sized motors for a while now and the way some of their owners seem to think they own the road. You can read exactly what I thought when I saw some of the selfish parking displayed by certain owners of SUVs at the very busy Quayside shopping centre car park earlier in the summer here.
And just think of the knock on of this - less SUVs in all the other free car parks around the Trafford Centre. The reality is most town centres you go to across the north west nowadays charge you for parking there. And I suppose it was only a matter of time before the Trafford Centre started to look at it too.
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