HillingdonFirst, ResidentsLast?

Over at Kable, there is an interview with Steve Palmer, the newly appointed IT bod at Hillingdon. He is quoted as saying;

“They can use it for discounted parking, as a leisure card and a library card, and give them access to civic amenities sites.”

So, once again we have a Hillingdon employee stating that card holders will get discounted parking, even though it is not true – they are discounted off the new rates, not the current rates.

Further on in the same article Palmer also mentions that the scheme will be self funding for three years;

“Palmer says that over three years it will come at no direct cost to the local taxpayer, with savings to be made from collapsing the existing card schemes into one, and from the sharp fall in the price of the cards.”

What he doesnt mention is how much income is going to come from tax paying Hillingdon residents who forget their card, or because they want their privacy, choose not to use their card. Where are the workings out for this scheme?