18-10-2007, 19:05 | #1 | |
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Parking wars in Maynooth.
I'm sure P11 personnel are aware of the ongoing issue regarding shortage of parking spaces at Maynooth train station. The car park provides 150 spaces at a rough estimate and is full by 7.15am each morning.
The overflow ends up in a housing estate near to the station - this being the only area with free parking within a reasonable walking distance. I have been forced to park in that particular estate 6 out of the 9 last days, having attempted to find space in the IE car park to no avail. After a particularly bad day at work today I arrived back to my car to provide two pages of rather threatening literature under my wiper blade (text reproduced in full below). This was also placed on several other cars. This leaves me in quite a quandary. I live a considerable distance from the train station and work demands force me to drive to Maynooth every day due to IE's failure to provide decent service levels beyond Maynooth. Niether walking or cycling are particularly feasible. There doesn't seem to be any work underway to provide extra capacity at Maynooth station. Are P11 aware of any such work being planned? What do you suggest I and other commuters do in the meantime? Will IE be prepared to pay fines I may incur as a result of not being able to park when I wish to use their services, despite paying for an annual ticket? I cannot afford to rent a parking space as train fares, petrol and tolls already cost me upwards of €100 a week. I understand the views of the residents of that particular housing estate and have sympathy for them. However can they not also have some understanding for the catch-22 situation that Maynooth commuters are in? The hugely positive effect that the train station has on rental and sale values is perhaps not fully appreciated - but that's another story. It's a bit of a joke that on the one hand the authorities are actively encouraging public transport and on the other, the garda siochana, a government body, are persecuting those attempting to use it? Any thoughts? Quote:
* There is no signage indicating a residential home in the area - if I were aware of such, I would most certainly not park nearby. |
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