all day may now be designated for short term parking.

A block of 32 spaces in the City Hall Car park has now been given over to two hour maximum stays with a limit of one visit per day.

And a section of the Cavendish car park next to the fire station has also been made into short term parking.

Car bays in Brunswick Street next to the Shopping Centre, in Angle Street opposite the Young Mens Social Club and in Union Street opposite the New Testament Church of God have been changed from all day to one hour maximum stays.

And car bays in Par-La-Ville car park have been changed to 65 all day bike bays while the bike bays in Reid Street opposite The Royal Gazette stationery store can now only be used for a one hour maximum.

Corporation of Hamilton Secretary Roger Sherratt said: "This is part of the Corporation's ongoing strategy to use the City centre car parks wherever possible to provide short term parking for shoppers and to encourage commuters to park in the outer long-term car parks where it is also slightly cheaper to park.

"By adding more short term parking bays at City Hall we are, in effect, providing a ring of parking spaces for shoppers around Hamilton's busiest shopping area.'' Mr. Sherratt hopes more people will be encouraged to use their bikes and leave their cars at home after the changes.

He added: "The short term bays in the covered area of Number One Car Park are especially popular for the elderly, and as the Christmas season approaches, we are looking to do everything possible to make it convenient to shop in the City.

"In this regard the Corporation has also hired the Bermuda Railway Company's trolley train to operate in Hamilton from Mondays through Fridays until Christmas.'' The train will run from Bulls Head Car Park from 8 a.m. and after 9 a.m. it will operate along Front Street, up Queen Street, along Church Street as far as Court Street, then down Court Street and back onto Front Street. Mr.

Sherratt added: "This will provide a free Service to shoppers and to anyone wishing to move around the City Centre.

"This is purely on a trial basis, to see if it is viable for a full-time commuter service to operate in the City centre in the future.

"It will give everyone an opportunity to ride the trolley train and we will be very interested to gauge the public's reaction to it.'' Mr. Sherratt said the landscaping in Par-La-Ville park was being done for the Millennium Fountain which should be completed by January.

It will also feature readjusted pathways and new flower beds.