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16/10/07 : New Car Park "fit for the 21st Century"
The result of a partnership between Reading's Labour Council and AMEC, a new 600-place multi-storey car park has been opened in Chatham Place offering advanced levels of safety, security and customer service.

The car park, owned and operated by Q-Park, is manned 24 hours a day by uniformed 'hosts', uses 24/7 secure entry and exit technology and the latest CCTV security surveillance, has been designed and built to make maximum use of natural lighting, offers competitive tariffs and a wide range of payment options, starting at £1 per hour, with season, weekly and events tickets available, and provides additional customer services including the loan of baby buggies during the period that customers' cars are parked, and umbrellas.

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, in terms of external appearance, but also in terms of a customer safety and the facilities available to drivers on site."

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