Vale of White Horse district council is changing the service they use for people to pay for their car parking by mobile phone.
From 1 November, users of district council car parks will be able to pay by mobile using the new Connect Cashless system – this replaces the RingGo service, which has been available since 2014. People can still also pay by cash.
Car park users can quickly and easily register a Connect account with a call to provide payment details – one text later and they’re all set up.
Every time they visit the car park from then on, they will only need to make a phone call or send a single text to pay for their parking. There’s more information at www.connectcashlessparking.com
The new system has been launched as part of the wider Five Councils Partnership that has seen the Vale team up with South Oxfordshire, Hart, Mendip and Havant councils to save £40m over nine years by jointly contracting a wide range of services. As part of this arrangement car park management is now managed by Indigo.
Cllr Robert Sharp, cabinet member for the Five Councils Partnership at Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “The new Connect Cashless service is quick and easy to use – other than that, residents shouldn’t see much difference, apart from different logos on the car park inspectors uniforms – they’ll still be patrolling with the same level of professionalism and care as they’re well known for in our districts.”
Cllr Matthew Barber, Leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “This is just one of the many benefits that we’ll get out of the Five Councils Partnership which will help us achieve the planned savings over the next nine years. You may have noticed our car park inspectors wearing new uniforms however parking charges haven’t changed. We still set the tariffs, the timings and any excess charges.
For information on the car parks using the new Connect Cashless system, visit whitehorsedc.gov.uk/connectcashless.