Free park and ride to Worthing Birdman - 11/08/2009
A free 'park and ride' to and from Teville Gate has been set up by Worthing council especially for the Worthing Birdman event landing on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August
The bus, will run continuously between 10am and 6pm on both days with an additional bus to cover the busy times from 10am to 12noon and 4pm to 6pm. The relevant car parking charges will apply at the car parks, but there will be no charge for using the bus. Passengers will be given a ticket to use on the return journey.
Visitors will be able to pick up the bus from either Teville Gate multi-story car park or Chapel Road (outside the Town Hall) and be dropped at the southern end of South Street just outside 'Iceland'.
Council leader, Paul Yallop, says: "We have wanted to trial a park and ride for some time now and this gives us the perfect opportunity to do just that. Worthing council wants to do everything it can to support the local ecomony. We have already put £15,000 into the Worthing Birdman event as well a lot of officer time and this is another initiative to help bring more people into the town."
Town Centre Manager, Sharon Clarke, says: "This is great news for Birdman. It will really help encourage people to come down and have a great day with us."
Worthing council is picking up the cost of the bus service. Parking in Teville Gate just costs £2 for the whole day.
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