SEVERAL motorists who received tickets after leaving their vehicles at Cardigan’s Coleg Ceredigion car park have either had them revoked or received a refund, town mayor Cllr Sian Maehrlein has told town council colleagues.

She said the move came following ‘several issues’ with charges there which had led to the cameras being re-directed to the correct positioning and the times of parking amended.

The Tivyside reported in October how motorists were receiving parking charges from Parking Eye despite being told that no payment was required.

Among them was Dr Ieuan Davies, a consultant paediatrician based in Llantood.

“On September 14 I spent a futile three-quarters of an hour attempting to pay for parking in an almost empty car park while my daughter was playing football on the Astro at the leisure centre adjacent to the car park,” he said.

“It was only after downloading an app that repeatedly failed to accept my payment that I re-read the confusing signs and realised that you can’t park in the college car park between 7am and 7pm. But by then, I’d been caught and recorded on camera. So a fine was inevitable.”

He went on to describe the signs as 'seriously confusing’.

“The ‘free’ parking around the leisure centre is utterly insufficient and, in my opinion, the college has effectively invented a money-making trap that’s punishing the parents of children who play sports in the evenings and weekends at the leisure facilities," he said.

The complaints prompted Cllr Maehrlein to outline her own concerns regarding the Coleg Ceredigion car park to Parking Eye.

And at last Tuesday night’s town council meeting she was able to report progress had been made.

“After much correspondence, some people have had their parking notices revoked or had a refund of the charges,” she said.