Reading’s New Car Park

Reading’s new multi-storey car park in Chatham Place not only provides 600 new spaces, but also offers advanced levels of safety, security and customer service. The car park – owned and operated by Q-Park – is a 10-floor car park with natural wood louvre panels made from sustainable sources on the outside and bright, attractive stainless steel lattice mesh. Inside, Q-Park’s specially trained and uniformed staff operate the most modern technology to make parking a pleasant experience, not a chore. The new car park is: · Manned 24 hours a day by uniformed ‘hosts’ in conjunction with 24/7 secure entry and exit technology · Designed and built to make maximum use of natural lighting, using open aspects, bright reflective surfaces and environmentally-friendly lighting systems that maintain safe, bright internal areas for drivers and passengers, but without high energy usage or costs · Offers a wide range of payment options, starting at £1 per hour, with season, weekly and events tickets available: and payment can be by coins or notes, credit or debit cards · Incorporates the latest CCTV security surveillance covering entries and exits and all floors, and this is linked to a 24/7 manned control centre · Provides additional customer services including the loan of baby buggies during the period that customers’ cars are parked, and umbrellas; and · Offers services such as a shoe polishing machine, battery ‘jump start’ kit, and tyre compressor/inflator. Parking is made easy through the use of special floor coating, which is not only smooth and comfortable to drive and walk on, but also allows the large parking bays to be clearly and colourfully marked. Ramps to and from the different levels are wide and shallow, and the construction design eliminates intrusive or obstructive columns – both of which help make parking fast and simple. Tom Crisp, Lead Councillor for Planning and Transport at Reading Borough Council, said: “When you consider the car park that once stood at this site, this is a vast improvement. In contrast with the old, grey concrete structure, this is a good example of a car park designed to the highest standards, both in terms of external appearance, but also in terms of a customer safety and the facilities available to drivers on site.” Car park charges are highly competitive: Parking time Tariff Up to 1 hour £1.00 Up to 2 hours £2.00 Up to 4 hours £3.00 Up to 6 hours £7.00 Up to 12 hours £11.00 Up to 24 hours £12.00 Overnight (6pm – 8pm) £2.00 The new Chatham Place car park is part of a £250 million mixed-used development in Reading town centre by Muse Developments (formerly AMEC). This first phase is primarily residential with over 300 private and shared ownership apartments as well as shops and new areas of public realm. It is a partnership development with Reading Borough Council and the first phase is due for completion in spring 2009.

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