It's a pound-ing headache for ELDC parking machines

ELDC will have to pay £5,350 to update their 75 parking meters across the district, ahead of the introduction of the new 12-sided one pound coin which will enter circulation in March.
An ELDC parking machineAn ELDC parking machine
An ELDC parking machine

An ELDC spokesman said that 47 ‘Metric’ parking machines will have their validators replaced at a cost of £4,370, while their 28 ‘Cale’ parking machines will have their validators sequentially updated at a cost of £980.

Find out more about the new £1 coin at www.royalmint.com.