Parking charges returning next month

Monday 15 June 2020

Parking charges and time restrictions will be returning next month.

Motorists have been able to enjoy free parking across all government-run car parks and on-street parking since 29 March when lockdown first began.

But now, as lockdown eases, officials have now announced that standard parking measures will be returning across the island from 1 July.

Patriotic Street and Gloucester Street car parks will also stop being exclusively for the use of health workers.

Infrastructure Minister Deputy Kevin Lewis explained that usual parking rules were suspended to "help people during quarantine, so they did not have to leave their home to move their car", while also allowing government staff to be redeployed.

Pictured: Infrastructure Minister Deputy Kevin Lewis.

He added: “Parking charges enable us to pay for improved infrastructure, and time restrictions on parking help us to support St Helier’s retail and hospitality sectors, since their reintroduction will increase the availability of spaces for shoppers and restaurant users. But while parking charges are important, we have an opportunity to develop the debate on how we all travel around Jersey, and to refocus the Sustainable Transport Policy. 

“Since the lockdown began, cycling and walking have significantly increased, and road closures have not only made it easier for pedestrians to keep a safe distance from others, but also improved town’s environment. We have the opportunity to take those positive experiences and use them to get islanders to consider their travel behaviours.”