Dublin pay and display parking charges increased
Dublin City Council has increased Pay and Display parking charges in the city centre in the face of increasingly high demand for on-street parking, it emerged today.
The council is extending the highest priced parking zones to cover a wider area and has raised the price of the medium demand zone by 20 cents an hour following a review of the system.
Tim O’Sullivan, executive manager of the Roads and Traffic Department, said the new charges, which were first introduced on June 1, were designed to see a greater turnover of cars in city centre parking spaces.
The council – which is currently changing meters in the new yellow, or very high demand zone – wants to discourage all day parking and “meter-feeding” in the busiest areas of the city.
Mr O’Sullivan said it was too early to tell if the new price zones were having an effect, but that the council would be monitoring the situation.
The council said the changes were necessary because of significant development throughout the city council area since the five zone tariff structure came into operation on February 1 2001.
Certain areas of the city, such as the north and south Docklands have been transformed since the parking scheme was introduced, generating higher demand for on-street parking.
In addition some parts of the city, which are primarily residential, have recently seen commercial development, for example the AIB headquarters site in Ballsbridge which is currently being redeveloped.
The council said problems had also arisen in certain suburban villages such as Sandymount and Terenure, where the current hourly tariff of 60 cents was not sufficient to ensure a reasonable turnover of spaces.
Residential areas of the city will not be affected by the changes.
Green zone prices have been increased from €1.30 an hour to €1.50, and while the rest of the tariffs remain the same, the city centre zones have been extended, in a process which is due to be completed within the next month.
