Contractors now paying £60 instead of £10
Parking commercial vehicles in disc zones around the Island has become 500 percent more expensive.
Up until 1 January a book of 10 Tradesman Access Permits - equating to 10 days' worth of parking - would set you back £10.
Now, that price has been increased to £60.
Mannin Line caller David uses the permits to park on Douglas Promenade:
In a letter written to the Department of Infrastructure, Construction Isle of Man said: "This sudden spike in operational costs places an immense burden on many businesses in our sector, many of whom are already grappling with economic challenges in recent times.
"We do recognise that there has been no adjustment in parking permit fees for the past 10 years, and DoI will have experienced increases in printing and production costs over such a long period, but such a dramatic rise in fee is unreasonable and falls outside the normal inflationary uplift across the last decade."
Manx Radio has contacted the Department of Infrastructure for comment.
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