David Sparks, from the Local Government Association, defended the millions of pounds in profit that comes from local authority parking controls.

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Around 30, 000 people in Cornwall have a blue badge and two-thirds have to pay in the authority's parking areas.

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My husband is a parking attendant for a local authority.

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The inquest suggested the Constable of Trinity should speak to the relevant highway authority about whether parking should be permitted on the main road near the former post office.

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An Oxfordshire authority is to provide free parking over the Christmas period.

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The South Jersey Transportation Authority also operates the Atlantic City Expressway and parking facilities in the seaside city.

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Torres, the tenant association president, said the housing authority wants to demolish a baseball field and a parking lot in her complex to make room for the new apartments.

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However, the local authority has needed to put up rents and increase a raft of charges, including school meals and parking, in its bid to stay in the black.

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Hundreds of individuals and companies allege that the Port Authority was negligent for failing to implement proper security measures despite recommendations, for example, to close underground parking garages to the public.

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