Footes Lane users not on board with park and ride idea

FORCING islanders to buy a bus ticket to use the Footes Lane car park is wrong and unfair, users have said.

As part of the its traffic strategy report, Environment recommended that the car park could be reserved solely for park and ride – meaning drivers leaving their cars there would have to display a bus ticket.

Those using the Footes Lane facilities on Saturday, either for hockey or football, were against the scheme.

Sara Mortimer, 36, parked in the car park to watch Guernsey FC's match against Farleigh Rovers.

'I don't know where else we would park,' she said.

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