The Angers down town store keepers launch a petition against the rise of car parks and parcmeters fares

Applicable on August 1st but real in september when the summer holidays of Angers inhabitants and stores owners are over, the increase of parking fares could not be swallowed easily. Some shops in down town display a petition against the decision of Angers town hall to increase these fees because they increase the cost of the purchases for consumers. Whatever be the success of the petition, its existence demonstrates the angry of storeskeepers of Angers. 

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The increase is far from symbolic in some car parks. In the Saint-Laud and Marengo parking lots, the drivers will pay 2 € for one hour (1 € before August 1st). For three hours, the cost is 5,50 € (2,50 € before the increase). In Maine, Bressigny and Leclerc, the rise is lower : 1,5 € for one hour (1,20 previously), 3 € for two hours (2,50 € before), 4 € for three hours (3 €). In Ralliement, the doubling of the prices arrives with the third hour but that car park was already the most expensive of the town.

The users of these facilities appear, according to poll realized by Angers newspapers, almost all against the move. They will not be difficult to be convinced by the petition and store keepers (some of them believe another increase would be in the pipeline) will be convincing...