Posted by Cllr Ken Glynn
After 6 months of campaigning I am delighted to announce that all Councillors in the Mullingar Area supported our motion to introduce two hour maximum parking in Mullingar. The Chamber of Commerce engaged in a consultation process with local business retailers with 104 out 110 supporting our calls.This measure will support our town,our local businesses and consumers who can do their business witho...ut watching the clock and hopefully have time to avail of the great shops and service providers within the town.There is to be a public consultation process which is in line with common practice ,with hopefully these measures in place after the summer.
5.5 Cllr.Glynn/Cllr.Davitt: To call on Westmeath County Council to support businesses in Mullingar by immediately introducing two hour maximum on street parking.
Reply: The objective in management of town centre parking is normally based on maximizing parking turnover and thereby maximizing consumer footfall. Conversely, increasing parking stay will reduce footfall. The existing 1 hour limit was introduced following a detailed survey of parking patterns undertaken in 1995 and the evidence available to Westmeath County Council based on current parking ticket payments would not appear to indicate that there is a demand for increasing this 1 hour parking limit. Increasing the maximum stay to 2 hours would necessitate the revision of the recently adopted bye-laws and would incur cost implications in changing the tariffs on street parking meters and amending parking signs.
5.5 Cllr.Glynn/Cllr.Davitt: To call on Westmeath County Council to support businesses in Mullingar by immediately introducing two hour maximum on street parking.
Reply: The objective in management of town centre parking is normally based on maximizing parking turnover and thereby maximizing consumer footfall. Conversely, increasing parking stay will reduce footfall. The existing 1 hour limit was introduced following a detailed survey of parking patterns undertaken in 1995 and the evidence available to Westmeath County Council based on current parking ticket payments would not appear to indicate that there is a demand for increasing this 1 hour parking limit. Increasing the maximum stay to 2 hours would necessitate the revision of the recently adopted bye-laws and would incur cost implications in changing the tariffs on street parking meters and amending parking signs.
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