Parking machines – out with the old, in with the new | Peiriannau Parcio – newidiadau o ran darnau £1

Parking machines – out with the old, in with the new

FROM October 1, pay and display machines at Carmarthenshire County Council car parks will no longer accept the old £1 coins.

Signs are being placed on all machines to advise visitors of the change, which coincides with the end of the old £1 coin circulation.

The Royal Mint issued the new 12-sided coins in March, but council meters have continued to accept the old round edged coin since.

The council will be updating the cash boxes in its machines from the beginning of October.

Cllr Hazel Evans, executive board member for transport, said: “We’ve allowed a couple of months’ grace whilst the old £1 coins were still in circulation, but we now have to update our machines to only accept the new coins. We have already put up signs to advise drivers so we hope it won’t cause too much inconvenience from October.”

Income from the council’s pay and display car parks supports transport and parking schemes across the county.

However, the council provides over 15,000 free spaces per year as part of efforts to support town centre trade.

Town centre chambers of trade and business improvement teams across the county’s main towns can apply for the council to waive its parking fees up to five times a year as part of their campaigns and events.

Free parking is also offered at Llanelli’s Coleshill car park, close to the town centre, every weekend.

·         Find your way to Carmarthenshire County Council car parks and get information about tariffs at www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales

Peiriannau Parcio – newidiadau o ran darnau £1

O 1 Hydref, ni fydd peiriannau talu ac arddangos ym meysydd parcio Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin yn derbyn yr hen ddarnau £1.

Mae arwyddion yn cael eu gosod ar yr holl beiriannau i roi gwybod i ymwelwyr ynghylch y newid, wrth i’r hen ddarn £1 ddod i ben.

Cyflwynodd y Mint Brenhinol y darnau 12 ochr newydd ym mis Mawrth ond mae peiriannau talu ac arddangos y Cyngor wedi parhau i dderbyn yr hen ddarnau crwn ers hynny.

Bydd y Cyngor yn diweddaru’r bocsys arian yn y peiriannau o ddechrau mis Hydref ymlaen.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Hazel Evans, yr Aelod o’r Bwrdd Gweithredol dros Drafnidiaeth: “Rydym wedi caniatáu ychydig o fisoedd o ewyllys da tra oedd yr hen ddarnau £1 yn dal i gylchredeg ond bellach mae’n rhaid i ni ddiweddaru’n peiriannau i dderbyn y darnau punt newydd yn unig. Rydym eisoes wedi gosod arwyddion i roi gwybod i yrwyr felly gobeithio na fydd y newid yn achosi gormod o anghyfleustra ym mis Hydref.”

Mae’r incwm o feysydd parcio talu ac arddangos y Cyngor yn cefnogi cynlluniau parcio a thrafnidiaeth ledled y sir.

Fodd bynnag, mae’r Cyngor yn darparu dros 15,000 o lefydd am ddim bob blwyddyn fel rhan o’r ymdrechion i gefnogi masnach yng nghanol y trefi

Gall siambrau masnach canol tref a thimau gwella busnes ledled prif drefi’r sir wneud cais am i’r Cyngor gael gwared ar y ffioedd parcio hyd at bum gwaith y flwyddyn a hynny fel rhan o’u hymgyrchoedd a’u digwyddiadau.

Yn ogystal, cynigir parcio am ddim ym maes parcio Coleshill, Llanelli sy’n agos at ganol y dref, bob penwythnos.

Ewch i www.sirgar.llyw.cymru i ddod o hyd i feysydd parcio Cyngor Sir Caerfyrddin ac i gael gwybodaeth ynghylch prisiau parcio.