LIBRARY users faced with brand new parking charges will at least be able to buy them easily after the council announced a new telephone payment system.

People using Wanstead Library will soon have to shell out to use its customer carpark as part of a wave of new charges being introduced by the authority across the borough.

The charges - which critics claim will unfairly penalise many elderly library users - have yet to be set but drivers should be able to purchase them with ease by using the council's new Phone Parking scheme.

A council spokeswoman said: "Motorists parking in Redbridge Council car parks will soon have a quicker and more convenient way of paying for parking – by phone.

"The new 'phone parking' system called RingGo is a quick and easy-to-use mobile phone service, letting you pay for your parking with a credit or debit card, rather than using cash at a machine.

"The service is being offered as an alternative method of payment in all council operated car parks across the borough.

"It will still be possible to pay by cash, but the RingGo service offers additional flexibility to those that either can’t, or don’t wish to pay with coins."

"Civil Enforcement Officers check which vehicles are parked with RingGo using internet connected hand held units."

For more information on RingGo visit: www.RingGo.co.uk.