This article is from page 10 of the 2011-09-20 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 10 JPG
NEW parking regulations have come into effect in Kilrush, following the adoption of the street pay and display parking by-laws for 2011 after the statutory public consultation period entered into by the Town Council.
These new guidelines are that people coming into Kilrush will be allowed a 30-minute period of grace before they have to put a ticket on display – this measure a 15-minute increase for motorists.
However, as part of some wideranging changes to the prices structure for parking, councillors have backed plans to increase residence and business car permits by 300 per cent from € 10 to € 30 per annum, while prices for seven-day and threeday tickets have been fixed at € 20 and € 10 respectively.
This new set of prices came after a lengthy debate at the June monthly meeting of Kilrush Town Council, during which it emerged that the council suffered a € 9,723 loss for its 2010 traffic management plan.
The draft by-laws went on public display for a period of one month from June 24, 2011, to July 25, 2011. A further period of two weeks was allowed for the public to make submissions and this period expired on August 9, 2011. No submission was received during this time.
Agreement for a new pricing structure came after a number of different proposals were put to the meeting by the then Mayor of Kilrush, Liam Williams (FG).