Many of you will have seen the piece about parking in the town centre in this week's Leamington version of the Courier and I have been quite staggered by the reaction. I believe Augusta Place is an excellent location for our dental centre as we are close to the enough to the centre of town to ensure that our patients to combine a visit to the dentist with a visit to the shops. One is probably more enjoyable than the other, and I am not a fan of shopping!
We are reliant on people being able to get into town ands we are fortunate to have on-street parking just outside the door, a street-level car park between Augusta Place and Bedford Street, as well as the St Peter's multi-storey car park at the end of the road. However, there have been discussions about the possible redevelopment of the street-level car park, but it is the recent decision to dramatically increase the car park charges that has really caused people to comment. In isolation the charges are probably not a barrier to people coming into town, but as part of "it all adds up", they simply increase the burden on everyone.
It will be interesting to see how our little campaign develops, but if we can ease an ever-increasing load on our patients just a little, then it has been a success.
