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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 08, 2021

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

That the 30 minutes free parking and details of how to access it on the parking meters, as per photo attached, be high lighted please to increase awareness amongst members of the public that it is there and how to access it.

REPORT:

The 2021 Control of Parking Byelaws provide for 30 minutes free parking. This means that no tarriff is due in respect of the first 30 minutes while parked in a Pay & Display area.

There is one exception to the 30 minutes free parking, and this will be applicable at the location where Tariff B, Park and Ride, at Cookstown Way will shortly be operational.

Notwithstanding the 30 minutes free period, motorists must display a valid ticket or parking permit while parked in a Pay & Display area.

The new Pay & Display tarriffs are effective from 25th October 2021,  and a communication campaign is now being rolled out. This campaign will ensure motorists are fully aware of the free parking time, tarriffs payable, Pay & Display locations, and other common parking restriction and prohibitions which routinely attract parking fines.

Details of how to purchase tickets, including for the free 30-minute period, are displayed on the front of all parking meters located across the county.

The 2021 Bye Laws also make provision for new locations for Pay and Display Parking which are currently being rolled out.