West Somerset Council will be offering free short-stay parking in Williton in a move aimed at making it easier for people to access local shops and services in the Village.
Two parking bays in Williton Central car-park will be made available for use free of charge for a 15 minute period. The initiative has been brought forward in order to help support local traders as well as helping to ease traffic congestion on the A39 in the centre of the Village.
Conservative Councillor Karen Mills, portfolio holder for Economic Regeneration said, "The new short-stay parking bays are aimed at those who need to pop into the village briefly to make use of local shops and services. The bays will allow people to park safely in the car park, free of charge for 15 minutes. This type of short-term parking bay has already been demonstrated to work well in Porlock. In Williton they will also help address some of the concerns regarding traffic backing up waiting to use on-road parking bays."
The new parking bays will be available from Monday 2nd December.
The move is the second to be made recently to support local independent traders with free parking also available all day on Small Business Saturday which is taking place on Saturday 7th December.
As reported on "About My Area - the local interactive website"