![Free parking: The $1 per hour cost of parking could be gone over Christmas if the Co-Store car park operators follow Wangaratta Council's lead. Free parking: The $1 per hour cost of parking could be gone over Christmas if the Co-Store car park operators follow Wangaratta Council's lead.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/CXnecSe9En4WWrpX4sC8Fx/fd3c41fe-9d43-438d-aa99-ee456db5e517.jpg/r0_0_5072_3167_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Free parking: The $1 per hour cost of parking could be gone over Christmas if the Co-Store car park operators follow Wangaratta Council's lead.
There could be a positive to leaving Christmas shopping in Wangaratta until the last minute.
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The council’s administrators voted this week to allow free parking in the city from December 21 until January 4.
The move would sacrifice an expected $5000 to $7000 in revenue in favour of “Christmas cheer”.
Wangaratta’s $1 per hour parking cost in the central business district will be removed for the two weeks, but a similar move for the multi-deck car park will be up to the operator.