Reader's letter: Southwater Country Park consultation is a ‘cynical exercise’

From: Ian Pinington, Church Road, Partridge Green
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As my wife and I are frequent visitors to Southwater Country Park with our grandchildren I read with interest the feature on page one of last week’s WSCT (July 21) at Horsham DC intention to launch a consultation over the coming weeks on satisfaction levels with the park.

Upon reading the feature my thoughts immediately went to parking and by eliminating parking charges I am sure park usage would increase significantly.

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Then, to my horror on turning to page three I read that Horsham DC are looking to INCREASE charges for parking at the park!

Southwater Country Park (Photo by Steve Robards)Southwater Country Park (Photo by Steve Robards)
Southwater Country Park (Photo by Steve Robards)

What a cynical exercise this consultation will turn out to be.

Whatever the outcome of the so-called 'consultation', increasing parking charges will deter visitors not encourage them.

What HDC are undertaking is an exercise, disguised as a consultation, that will see any future investment, assuming there is some, not coming at a capital cost or harming current income. Ridiculous.

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