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Pay & display scheme in streets around Reading hospital postponed following midwife's petition

Patrick McDonnell
13 July 2016
 

A plan to remove free parking around the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading has been put on hold after an online petition launched by a midwife was signed by almost 8,500 people.

Reading Borough Council planned to introduce pay & display on streets surrounding the hospital as part of a wider scheme to manage pressures on residential parking in the area.

Some 625 spaces would have been subject to parking charges, with a further 741 spaces facing restrictions.

However, midwife Clare...

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