Parking

Car-parking costs cut in Kirkcaldy Town Centre

Kirkcaldy 4 All has been working in collaboration with Fife Council to offer a 6 month trial of reduced charges for all Council carparks in the Town Centre.

The trial commences on Monday 28^th September and ends 31 March 2016.

What are the new costs?

Short Stay:

• 0-1 hours for £1
• 1 –2 hours for £1
• 2-3 hours for £2

Long Stay:

• 0-1 hours for £1
• 1 – 2 hours for £1
• 2-4 hours for £2
• 4+ hours for £3

Where does it apply?

All Council multi-storey car-parks and surface car-parks. Including The Esplanade, Thistle Street and the Postings multi-storey. All Waterfront surface car-parks, Charlotte Street, Nicol Street, Oswald Wynd, Coal Wynd and Glasswork Street.

See the map below ' Kirkcaldy Car-parks Map'.

Discounted quarterly car park season tickets

To encourage town centre workers to park in central, convenient, long stay car parks, the season ticket price has been halved to £60 from £120. This equates to £1 per day for a 5 day working week.

To download the season ticket application form, please follow this link:

http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&p2sid=AB4B44AA-E560-FB70-D0F5BA4B13BFC997&themeid=568AF4CE-B036-4E67-93AB-36B1E13DFA11

The quarterly season ticket only applies to the following Long Stay carparks:

Coal Wynd

St James Church

Esplanade Carparks

Nicol Street

Thistle Multistorey

Esplanade Multistorey

What happens after the 6 month pilot?

Car-park use will be closely monitored during the 6 month trial. If the uptake of the pilot is positive and there is proof that the public have used Town Centre car-parks more due to the reduced costs, then there is an argument to keep the costs reduced following the six months.

For more information on Fife Council parking and car-parks, please visit:  http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=subject.display&subjectid=F0CA9072-1875-4898-9632-F318570EFFFF&themeid=568AF4CE-B036-4E67-93AB-36B1E13DFA11

Press Release 17/9/15

Car-parking costs cut in Kirkcaldy Town Centre

One of the biggest gripes in Kirkcaldy’s Town Centre over the years has been the cost of parking. With free parking at the increasingly popular ‘out of town’ retail park and the increase of internet shopping with free delivery, Kirkcaldy town centre has had some stiff competition.

With this in mind, Kirkcaldy 4 All, the town centre Business Improvement District company, has been working in collaboration with Fife Council to promote a 6 month trial of reduced charges for all Council carparks in the Town Centre.

The trial commences on Monday 28^th September and ends 31 March 2016 and the simple message to the public is ‘use it, or lose it’.

According to Bill Harvey, BID Manager at Kirkcaldy 4 All “we are delighted to be able to support this trial in Kirkcaldy. Business rates in Kirkcaldy have been historically high and in the current economic climate, it has proven difficult for existing business owners to entice new customers. Having high parking costs in the mix certainly hasn’t helped. Kirkcaldy is a great town, with a great history, and we want people to use their town centre. If we can’t prove that this pilot has increased cars using the Council car-parks and increased the dwell time in the shops, then we will struggle to have a case to keep the costs lowered. We hope the public and especially the town centre workers, will take advantage of the offer”

So not only have costs for short stay and long stay car-parks been changed so shoppers will get twice as much parking time for the same price, but seasonal tickets have also halved, so town centre workers and frequent visitors can park for just £1 per day.

Welcoming this trial, Cllr Neil Crooks Chair of Kirkcaldy Area Committee said: “Car park charges are usually considered on a Fife-wide basis, but we’ve been given the opportunity to try to positively react to this situation locally. The impact of the closure of the Tesco store has given us a solid case to make these changes. We’ll be looking closely at this trial which will hopefully encourage more people to pay less and stay longer.

“Parking is as a key action point in Kirkcaldy’s ‘Time for Action’ plan and there’ll be great interest in whether this trial will contribute towards regenerating the town centre. I hope people get behind it and take advantage of these new parking options.”

Another important addition to the parking situation is that the lower two levels of the Esplanade car-park will be open from 6.30pm – 10pm Monday to Friday to accommodate Leisure Centre customers. This positive change will be in place for the foreseeable future and also commences on 28^th September.