Ok so I had a look at the situation this afternoon
Its a damn fine car park by standards, well marked, good quailty surface, signposts, double yellow lines, no broken glass, CCTV, plently of clamping notices and owners liabilty notices, seems to have roughly 130-140 spaces, all taken except the 8 or so disabled spaces but the 2 cars there had the appropiate permit. A line of neatly parked cars surrounds the outer edge of the car park nearly the whole way around
The spot in question is the immediate rear of the car park behind the 38kV substation. No sign or notice indicating the space is non parking. There are access gates into the substation on the yellow box which if opened would block the car in the space
The field behind the car park is indeed owned by IE
So clearly two things
1) Space is legal, nothing says don't park there and it does not obstruct anything
2) 24 hour access is required to the substation which locks a car in that space if such access is exercised
So
Space should be blocked off with a fence to prevent a car from being trapped in the space
Principle problem with a larger car park is access and planning permission is required not to mention tarmac, local road network is insufficent to cope with increase in traffic flow the bridge over the line is single lane thus traffic chaos at rush hour. Several cars where abandonded on the verge at the traffic lights obstructing view for exiting traffic
Verdict
Fight claim through whatever means available
Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 08-12-2006 at 16:04.
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