New Car Parking Machines to Make Payments Easier & Deter Thieves

Visitors to Wrexham town centre will be able to pay for their parking via contactless card payments from next month.

The new ticket machines, which have already been installed in the Council owned town centre car parks, will be operational across Wrexham from January 1 2017.

Initially the new machines will take cash, and will also be able to accept Chip and Pin and Contactless payments soon, with the new system due to be online in early January.

Proposals for the new car parking machines were approved by the Executive Board earlier this year, with funding made available from the Council’s Revenue Out-turn Budget.

It is hoped that along with making parking easier, the new machines will also deter thieves.

The new machines are installed at:

St Giles
Market Street
Crescent Road
St Georges Crescent
Library
Waterworld
The Guildhall
Ruabon Car Park (due to be installed end of January)

Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, said: “The success of our of free parking at all of our car parks throughout December 2016 has proven that people will make use of our car parks, and with the new ticket machines installed, this will help make parking in Wrexham easier and more convenient.

“As well as accepting cash payments, the new Chip and Pin and Contactless facilities will mean those using the car parks will not need to hunt for change beforehand – and with less cash in the machines, they will also pose a less tempting target to thieves.

“I hope the ease of use and low charges at our car parks will attract even more visitors to Wrexham.”

Normal charging at council car parks – applicable to each car park – will resume on January 1, as free parking in town centre car parks finishes on December 31.