Brittas bay car parks open?

the_amazing_raisin

Hi all,

Does anyone know if the car parks at Brittas bay are open at the moment?

Are they still coins only or have they joined the 21st century?

sumo12

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

Hi all,

Does anyone know if the car parks at Brittas bay are open at the moment?

Are they still coins only or have they joined the 21st century?

Yes they are open, €4 entry and just coins by the looks of it !

the_amazing_raisin

sumo12 wrote: »

Yes they are open, €4 entry and just coins by the looks of it !

Yeah they were busy today, big traffic jam either way and cars parked all along the road either side

You'd think our glorious county councils would do a bit more to sort out the parking situation at most of the beaches on the East coast

It doesn't take a lot of thinking power to realise that beaches are popular on sunny days and they might want to expand the parking facilities and provide more footpaths

murpho999

Well it could be a deliberate tactic too to not have the place overrun by cars. Building more parking spaces just fills the place up more.

cromelex

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

Hi all,

Does anyone know if the car parks at Brittas bay are open at the moment?

Are they still coins only or have they joined the 21st century?

I was there a week or 2 ago, and on the south park there was a staff person with a card reader allowing you to pay by card.

the_amazing_raisin

cromelex wrote: »

I was there a week or 2 ago, and on the south park there was a staff person with a card reader allowing you to pay by card.

North car park was cash only yesterday

It's possible there was a card reader somewhere but it didn't seem obvious

the_amazing_raisin

murpho999 wrote: »

Well it could be a deliberate tactic too to not have the place overrun by cars. Building more parking spaces just fills the place up more.

I agree, but I don't think it's a good strategy

Ultimately, people are going to want to go places like the beach on sunny days. If they've travelled some distance and find the car park full, they're unlikely to turn around and go home. Probably more likely to park along the road, which is what was happening yesterday

So, is it better to have rubbish facilities in a vain effort to deter crowds, and then the place ends up wrecked when the crowds come regardless?

Or would it be smarter to expand the facilities to accommodate the crowds without destroying the land and also bring in more revenue from parking fees?

murpho999

the_amazing_raisin wrote: »

I agree, but I don't think it's a good strategy

Ultimately, people are going to want to go places like the beach on sunny days. If they've travelled some distance and find the car park full, they're unlikely to turn around and go home. Probably more likely to park along the road, which is what was happening yesterday

So, is it better to have rubbish facilities in a vain effort to deter crowds, and then the place ends up wrecked when the crowds come regardless?

Or would it be smarter to expand the facilities to accommodate the crowds without destroying the land and also bring in more revenue from parking fees?

In fairness the parking facilities there are quite large and I think the expense of ruining the nature of the place to build more car parks for the few weekends of the year when it may get full is not worth it.

I don't parking generates as much revenue as you make out.

I'm a driver but just don't believe that all facilities should revolve around cars.
For example if was up to me there'd be no cars on Bray Seafront apart from residents and disabled and I think the seafront would be better without the constant stream of traffic that was on it yesterday.