I'm not fussed about street parking. In my view the real problem is the multi storeys. They have single handed shelved every proposed pedestrianisation scheme since henry st. Then we see that the actual council is it's self an operator of one of those car parks. Disaster.
There should be a 500% tax on multistoreys in the city centre so parking as a land use becomes worthless. The planning lawas should be revised to eliminate the requirement for apartments to have underground parking spaces, this would reduce the cost of building new housing also.
There should be a 500% tax on multistoreys in the city centre
this approach would last about as long as a meringue in a hurricane.
Somebody please tell me this isn’t real. 🤯
I think it is real, though the hoardings are temporary.
question is do the builders have permission to place their hoarding that far out onto the footpath, and if not what will DCC do about it?
Even without the hoarding, it's ridiculous that there's advertising boards blocking half the pavement. How long would it be allowed if, for every one blocking half a pavement, there's one blocking half a road lane?
I've found the roadworks.control@dublincity.ie team at DCC to be fairly responsive at dealing with cases like this.
would they respond even when it's building works, not road works, causing the issue?
Yes, they deal with all the permits for road or path closures, and if someone closes a road or path without a permit, they act fairly promptly.
The arrogance.
From the IT article quoted above:
“The council suggested people walk, cycle or take public transport but that is really not viable given our age profile and the distances people come from,” he said. “We have a constitutional right to worship. People have been going to worship in this church for 121 years. For the council to decide we can’t do that because we can’t access the place is plain wrong.”
They may have a constitutional right to worship, but it does not extend to the right to park on a public road. If the age profile means they are elderly, then that would imply that they have a free bus pass as well, and they could park a little further away and use the bus for the last few Kms. at no cost to themselves. They could of course walk or cycle as well as use the bus.
Also, I doubt that many of the congregation have been going to that church for 121 years as that would make them very, very, old.
As you say, such arrogance.
Blocked by bollards
Mr Sparksman said he accepted parking was “not strictly” permitted on the road, but that churchgoers had never been ticketed for the short duration of services.
So don't bother with bollards and have a parking warden patrol the road for an hour or two when services are held, I agree with him that that is a much better solution.
The entitlement surely comes from the lack of enforcement.
is that the standard presbyterian approach to doing things you know are technically wrong? if so, sign me up.
anyway, there's another church car park a 300m walk away; perhaps in the spirit of cross-faith goodwill, that church could allow the use of the car park when services don't clash.
also, regardless of the cycle lane issue - that's not a wide road. do people who have been parking there till now park entirely on the road, or do they pull two wheels up on the path? if the latter, my sympathy for their concern about the elderly will be further strained.
Of course those in the church could always pray to their god for a solution.
The James Webb telescope will more/less confirm the big bang theory as fact in the next 2 years and may also confirm the existence of other biological life forms in the universe so might aswel just close the church now and convert it to something useful and apologise to the congregation for all the lying.
Besides is it not a religious tenant that you must obey the civil laws of the babalonians anyway? Presumably including the laws on illegal parking.
<shakes head>
This missing the point.
To combat CO2 emission, public transport, cycling and walking must replace driving - even an electric car.
Won't matter a damn unless they actually start enforcing it.
The fine could be a million, it'll never be issued
Who is meant to issue the fines?
AGS have no interest.
Would be a good for addition to the online reporting portal if they ever get around to setting it up. The system would basically run itself
Interesting opinion. Note to others. Please don't confuse that Poster's pronouncements as fact when they are only half-baked opinions.
Thanks all the same for the guidance but I'll continue to drive my electric car charged with renewable electricity.
The national debt would be wiped out in a week
How do you charge your EV now?
With electricity, how do you charge yours?
I only ask because there isn't a 100% renewable electricity provider in Ireland. Do you have a load of solar panels? Turbines?
considering the river is about bursting its banks at the moment I expect most of the electricity locally is currently(sic) coming from the hydro plant built below water level at the sluice gates.
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