Car parking charges have been scrapped across Stockport amid the coronavirus crisis. Nobody will have to pay to use council-controlled car parks - or on-street parking - for at least the next three months.
It comes after NHS and other key workers appealed for charging to be relaxed in line with other areas, while contractors such as NCP pulled their staff from manning sites because of coronavirus.
Merseyway, the main town centre car park, has nearly 1,200 spaces but last week numbers barely reached the mid-20s due to home working and lockdown restrictions.
Sheila Bailey, cabinet member for sustainable Stockport', has now moved to suspend car parking charges indefinitely - with a review pencilled in for three months down the line.