RESIDENTS in East Wall are becoming increasingly frustrated with the public parking arrangements in their area, according to a local election candidate.
Brian Mohan (FF), who will contest the elections this month in the north inner city area, said that as the area continues to expand as an attractive area for commercial investment, there are consequences.
“The consequences of this tend to vary and I don’t think anyone can deny the regeneration or the facelift that these developments have brought to the whole Dublin 3 district,” said Mr Mohan.
“However, the long-term residents, many of which have been born and bred here or reside in family homes that have come through generations, are having to deal with the less pleasant aspects of large-scale corporate investment in their area.
“The battle to keep their parking space for which they have a permit is now hassle for these tenants and homeowners at least twice daily.
“Those employed in the nearby office blocks or the people visiting for meetings need to be made more aware that they are on primarily residential streets and not in a private car park.”
Mr Mohan called on Dublin City Council officials to “more stringently” enforce clamping on illegally parked cars and on vehicles without a valid permit.
“Those returning home after work, those with young children or caring for someone elderly shouldn’t be forced to either pay for alternative parking or drive in circles to find somewhere else to park because their space has been illegally taken,” he said.
“It is good news that the Local Authority has just appointed an engineer to survey the area and it’s crucial that the needs of residents are kept at the centre of any plans going forward.
“It’s important that a solution to this problem is identified so that residents no longer suffer.”
In a statement, Dublin City Council said that in the East Wall area, from January 1 2019 to April 9 2019, there have been a total of 243 enforcement actions.
“The total for P&D offences is 54, of which 32 were for No Valid Paid Parking and the remaining 22 were for ticket expired over 10 minutes,” a city council spokesperson told Northside People.
“It should be remembered that 52 percent of people who park, do so using the Parking Tag App.
“There will be no ticket or permit visible when people park using this method.
“It could be the case that the vehicles parking in the East Wall area do so using Parking Tag, and the perception to the residents of the area is that people don’t pay.”
The spokesperson added: “DSPS regularly patrol the area and the statistics show that when offending vehicles are detected, enforcement follows.”