点评:So this once free to park fell walkers' car park at the top of the Walna Scar road is now a pay and display, enforced by the Lake District National Park Authority, but apparently with the proceeds being raked in by Rydal Hall Estate. Whichever way, whoever in the Authority sanctioned this should be bloody ashamed.
Some quick sums:
I counted just under 80 cars there today. Erring on the conservative side and ignoring visitor turnover through the day, and taking an average charge of midway between the two options (when in practice, the majority of fellwalkers will pay the full £8.50 as the 4hr threshold is cynically set to slightly below what a walk out on the Coniston Fells tends to take), then we've got 80 x £6.75 = £540 income for the day.
Acknowledging midweek will be quieter, let's assume that drops to half Mon-Fri, so (5 x £270) + (2 x £540) = around £2400 per week. That's nearly £125000 income per annum less a bit for electricity to the pay machines and charges to parking apps etc. And yet they can't even be arsed to carry out basic maintenance up there and fill in the horrendous potholes that we all used to accept because the parking was FOC. It's scandalous and cynical and another example of the public being taken for a ride in the National Park.
翻译:因此,位于 Walna Scar 路顶部的这个曾经免费停车的步行者停车场现在变成了付费展示停车场,由湖区国家公园管理局强制执行,但显然收益是由 Rydal Hall Estate 收取的。无论哪种方式,无论管理局中谁批准了这件事,都应该感到羞愧。
一些快速总结:
我数了一下,今天那里有不到 80 辆车。犯了保守的错误,忽略了全天的游客流动率,并在两种选择之间取了中间的平均费用(在实践中,大多数徒步旅行者将支付全额 8.50 英镑,因为 4 小时的门槛被讽刺地设置为略低于到科尼斯顿山 (Coniston Fells) 散步),那么我们一天的收入为 80 x 6.75 英镑 = 540 英镑。
承认周中会比较安静,我们假设周一到周五下降到一半,所以 (5 x 270 英镑) + (2 x 540 英镑) = 每周约 2400 英镑。这相当于每年近 125,000 英镑的收入,还少了一点用于付费机的电费和停车应用程序的费用等。然而,他们甚至无法在那里进行基本的维护并填补我们过去常常遇到的可怕的坑洼。接受,因为停车是免费的。这是可耻和愤世嫉俗的,也是公众被带去国家公园兜风的另一个例子。