Travellers park up in Bedford's new £500k council car park - Bedfordshire

From Bedfordshire On Sunday

A NEW public car park, which cost the tax-payer half a million pounds, was taken over by a group of Travellers at the weekend.

The facility in Prebend Street, Bedford, was overrun with caravans after Travellers turned up on Saturday (pictured). On Sunday afternoon the group was evicted by Bedford Borough Council.

Previously the car park, which now has 284 spaces, was only accessible by staff working for the Borough Council but was opened to the public in November.

The cost of transforming it into a public facility was £500,000 but as yet it seems few motorists - other than council employees - have made use of it.