Bray Dart Station

future_plans

If using Bray Dart station, where is the best/closest place to park the car for the day?

Lil' Smiler

THe car park as you drive over the gates, past the Hibernia Inn and to the left as you et to the stop sign. If you get there before 8 you are pretty much guaranteed a spot.

I'm not sure if they still do it now but last summer there was a car park open in Bray Wanderers which I think was €5 a day... but why pay when you can get a spot for free! The spaces opposite the dart station are always full in the morning!

Peared

Not for long. Plans afoot to charge for it and all along the beach.

Lil' Smiler

No way!!

I flicked past a piece in the bray people yesterday about trebling the prices of parking?? bad enough as it is!!

Welsh Wizard

future_plans wrote: »

If using Bray Dart station, where is the best/closest place to park the car for the day?

Best= Outside the entrance...?
Closest= Platform...?

confuddled

Peared wrote: »

Not for long. Plans afoot to charge for it and all along the beach.

That's terrible news.

loyatemu

confuddled wrote: »

That's terrible news.

they proposed this a few years back (it was going to be 3 hour max) - I wrote to the council to protest, and I guess I wasn't the only one as they dropped the plans at the time.

Its a terrible idea - a good proportion of these commuters will end up driving into town instead, increasing traffic in Bray and in Dublin. The seafront is quiet enough on weekdays, so the parking spaces will largely sit idle.

The council want Irish Rail to build a multistorey carpark where the existing carpark is, but this is unlikely to happen, and even if it did it would result in higher parking charges for commuters.

There's local election next year - get onto your local councillors and remind them of this, and point out how many potential voters are commuters.

Alun

loyatemu wrote: »

they proposed this a few years back (it was going to be 3 hour max) - I wrote to the council to protest, and I guess I wasn't the only one as they dropped the plans at the time.

It already is 3hrs max anywhere but the actual car park at the moment isn't it? I've certainly got parking tickets on the bit outside Katie Gallagher's for overstaying my welcome on one or two occasions.

Peared

There is a new parking report going to public consultation soon.

Make your voices heard peoples!

confuddled

Peared wrote: »

There is a new parking report going to public consultation soon.

Make your voices heard peoples!

Where would I find details of that - or is there somewhere I could send a letter re. this issue?

Peared

Bray Town Council should be your first port of call. The parking by laws will be discussed at tomorrow nights Council meeting which is open to the public.

confuddled

Okay I only logged in now so I missed the meeting last night. Anyone know what happened?

Peared

The report will not go to public consultation as is, everybody would reject it. So its likely to be tweaked before it goes out. The zone for paid parking/residents discs is huge and cuts through estates so likely to be made smaller. Also price increase is undecided. Carpark on beach will remain free for time being as different set of bye laws required.