Illegal parking outside Navan post office

Bog Butter

Does it bug anybody else the way people park illegally outside Navan PO? Or do you do it yourself?

giardiniera

the post office should have parking its a discrace that it doesnt'. i dont park there but i do know why people do. considering its where people collect pensions from there is no handy carpark where you can leave the car for a few mins and pop in.
its dangerous but i cant see people stopping anytime soon.

Scottie99

Yea and the garda station is stone throw away!

donmaga1

The post office sold there car parking spaces to the shopping center 5+ years ago. It is amazing that so many people abandon there cars outside the post office and the garda do nothing. I have seen the garda walk past cars parked outside the post office and move taxi's that were also parked on the illegally.

Bog Butter

Does the P.O really need a car park? Surely people can use one of the car parks and walk; it's not that far away.

dsane1

Parking in Navan seems to be a disaster altogether. Just look at the mercy convent at school times . They park on the yellow lines at the roundabout ,then on canon row people seem unable to park within the white lines .The taxi drivers seem to be allowed to double park on trim gate street and bridge street has a butchers shop where cars park on the footpath "just for a min ". Then the square " bus bay " seems to be a parking spot for everything but the bus .
I am a regular traveller on the 109 bus and Navan town is a bloody disgrace parking wise and I and plenty of others will not go there for shopping or socialising due to this .

bladespin

malman wrote: »

Does it bug anybody else the way people park illegally outside Navan PO? Or do you do it yourself?

No, it doesn't inconvienience other traffic as far as I've ever seen.

malman wrote: »

Does the P.O really need a car park? Surely people can use one of the car parks and walk; it's not that far away.

All the other car parks charge, do you really expect people to have to pay to use a public office?

It's a disgrace parking isn't provided or tokens for other carparks pgiven out.

upmeath

Castle Street in Trim is another disaster, there are double yellow lines there for the last 10 or 15 years, it's a very narrow street, but it's almost an unwritten law that you can park there free from the warden's wrath. And the Castle car park is across the road with room for 4 or 5 dozen cars.

Stroke Politics

Kennedy Road should be one-way going up towards the main entrance of the shopping centre, IMHO.

What bugs me more than the parking on that corner is the lack of a proper bus station in Navan. There are a serious amount of IE buses picking up and dropping off in Navan each day, is it too much to ask in this day and age for a bit of shelter and a seat when waiting fore a bus?

I think that the private car park between Donohoe Electic and the Credit Union would be an ideal location for a proper bus station like the one in Drogheda. It is big enough for access for buses in from Canon Row, and out from kennedy Row, provinding shelter from the elements, a waiting area, a ticket office and quarters for the drivers. The town bus servise should be expanded to pull in there as well, so that the oldsters, and unemployed (like myself) can collect their payments without parking dangerously and illegally.

I think that this site is owned by The People Who Own The Rest Of Navan, and if I had my way, I'd compolsory purchase it in the national interest. But as They Own Navan And All It's People, this is probably just a pipe-dream.....

donmaga1

Stroke Politics wrote: »

Kennedy Road should be one-way going up towards the main entrance of the shopping centre

If is one way on a friday. Not sure which way????

Guys and Galls it is election time. Time to tell the candidates to sort it out.

Stroke Politics

donmaga1 wrote: »

If is one way on a friday. Not sure which way????.

Since when...?

dsane1

Guys and Galls it is election time. Time to tell the candidates to sort it out.[/QUOTE]

If only there was a local politician who was really aware of the problem .No wait a min there just might be one .Could he possibly have a connection to a business at the square ?

spiderdog

grrr double parking is my pet hat:mad:
outside the china garden is another hot spot.....people double parked and think its ok cos they have the hazzard lights on.........:mad:

donmaga1

spiderdog wrote: »

grrr double parking is my pet hat:mad:
outside the china garden is another hot spot.....people double parked and think its ok cos they have the hazzard lights on.........:mad:

Can do better.

Try driving through the town any weekend night and avoid the Taxi's stopped either side of the road.

Try driving through the square after the palace finished. Taxi's all trying to go down by the palace.

limklad

malman wrote: »

Does it bug anybody else the way people park illegally outside Navan PO?

I would put a stamp and address on on it and post it to the Garda Station. With comments "Parking Fine to pay for illegal parking".:D

It will send a message to the car owner.

spiderdog

donmaga1 wrote: »

Can do better.

Try driving through the town any weekend night and avoid the Taxi's stopped either side of the road.

Try driving through the square after the palace finished. Taxi's all trying to go down by the palace.

i hear you......was driving to airport bout 4.30 am a couple of months ago and thought id sail through the town right.......wrong........taxis EVERYWHERE...double parked chatting etc.......head was melted:rolleyes:

dsane1

The 109 couldnt get through canon row again today due to morons who cant park properly . We were stuck there for 10 mins until the driver arrived back to her car . Surely someone in Navan can get this sorted.

spiderdog

its crazy........:mad::mad:

jamesO

Stroke Politics wrote: »

Kennedy Road should be one-way going up towards the main entrance of the shopping centre, IMHO.

What bugs me more than the parking on that corner is the lack of a proper bus station in Navan. There are a serious amount of IE buses picking up and dropping off in Navan each day, is it too much to ask in this day and age for a bit of shelter and a seat when waiting fore a bus?

I think that the private car park between Donohoe Electic and the Credit Union would be an ideal location for a proper bus station like the one in Drogheda. It is big enough for access for buses in from Canon Row, and out from kennedy Row, provinding shelter from the elements, a waiting area, a ticket office and quarters for the drivers. The town bus servise should be expanded to pull in there as well, so that the oldsters, and unemployed (like myself) can collect their payments without parking dangerously and illegally.

I think that this site is owned by The People Who Own The Rest Of Navan, and if I had my way, I'd compolsory purchase it in the national interest. But as They Own Navan And All It's People, this is probably just a pipe-dream.....

Yea I agree a propper bus station is badly needed but I think it should be like Drogheda where its on the ring road. The car park beside the airport bus stop is ideal and like Drogheda it keeps large busses away from the town center. Although ya know its never goin to happen because of a certain person council member who has a shop on the SQ.

I think that busuness men should not be allowed to enter politics, while some do good work out of their business area, most will use their
influence to bolster their business and is not in the public interest.

And as far as taxis are concerned ya think its bad now our inept government has egnored every other country which has more
experience than us in this level and continue to flood the country with taxis against all the advice. Spoil ur vote and teach them a lesson.

Ok rant over.............. jO-D

dsane1

Just thought i'd bump this as things are still as bad as ever . Maybe get a campaign going .Sort out Navan's parking ,surely it would be good for business ?

ShooterSF

bladespin wrote: »

All the other car parks charge, do you really expect people to have to pay to use a public office?

Yes. Have you ever stopped at the town hall? Paid parking too. If you have to drive in why not use the P.O up in blackcastle? If you are from the town you should be walking distance to the main P.O anyways. Hell if you wanna bend the rules go park at the back of St. Patrick's Terrace and walk in, then you won't have to pay.
People are just uber lazy these days.

bladespin

ShooterSF wrote: »

Yes. Have you ever stopped at the town hall? Paid parking too. If you have to drive in why not use the P.O up in blackcastle? If you are from the town you should be walking distance to the main P.O anyways. Hell if you wanna bend the rules go park at the back of St. Patrick's Terrace and walk in, then you won't have to pay.
People are just uber lazy these days.

Town hall etc work on parking validation, if you have to go there they give you a token free.

The post office has always been the pay point for pensions etc, that's just the way it is, they always had parking until the centre expanded, and they still should, you can't expect these people to pay to collect their pennsions. Blackcastle P.O operates to very limited opening times, no lunch or Saturday afternoon, TBH a lot of the older gen from the original estates in town would be lost looking for it.

Access

I reckon the PO in Navan should be a drive through one... like Maccy D's!

THAT WOULD STOP THE LAZY FAT ARSED MUPPETS FROM PARKING OUTSIDE THE BLOODY PO!

Rant Over... for now

ShooterSF

bladespin wrote: »

Town hall etc work on parking validation, if you have to go there they give you a token free.

The post office has always been the pay point for pensions etc, that's just the way it is, they always had parking until the centre expanded, and they still should, you can't expect these people to pay to collect their pennsions. Blackcastle P.O operates to very limited opening times, no lunch or Saturday afternoon, TBH a lot of the older gen from the original estates in town would be lost looking for it.

Fair enough on town hall.

Re: Post Office

Why would a pensioner need to go in at lunch time or Saturday? They're retired. The have plenty of free time. Any pensioner who is that feeble (for want of a better word) where they can't understand directions to blackcastle (it's not that out of the way) or have lived in this town most of their life and don't know where it is shouldn't be driving. So they have no reason to park outside of the P.O in town.
Sorry but there is no reason other than laziness for parking illegally outside the PO. It's a shame the gardai don't enforce it enough. Oh and anyone caught using their hazard lights as "park anywhere" lights should be fined twice.

bladespin

ShooterSF wrote: »

Fair enough on town hall.

Re: Post Office

Why would a pensioner need to go in at lunch time or Saturday? They're retired. The have plenty of free time. Any pensioner who is that feeble (for want of a better word) where they can't understand directions to blackcastle (it's not that out of the way) or have lived in this town most of their life and don't know where it is shouldn't be driving. So they have no reason to park outside of the P.O in town.
Sorry but there is no reason other than laziness for parking illegally outside the PO. It's a shame the gardai don't enforce it enough. Oh and anyone caught using their hazard lights as "park anywhere" lights should be fined twice.

Many pensioners, including my late nan used to get lifts to the PO every saturday (around lunchtime lol IIRC). Not all pensioners are retired either, many also work (as they're entitled to).

TBH I don't undestand the hostility, they don't hold anyone up, I can't ever recall a jam due to them, unlike the shopping centre carpark exit next door (built on the old PO carpark) than bungs up at the slightest sniff of traffic, how that ever got through planning is beyond me.

dsane1

bladespin wrote: »

Many pensioners, including my late nan used to get lifts to the PO every saturday (around lunchtime lol IIRC). Not all pensioners are retired either, many also work (as they're entitled to).

TBH I don't undestand the hostility, they don't hold anyone up, I can't ever recall a jam due to them, unlike the shopping centre carpark exit next door (built on the old PO carpark) than bungs up at the slightest sniff of traffic, how that ever got through planning is beyond me.

You are joking right ! No jam because of them .Anyone who knows Navan knows the jam that these selfish gits are causing at the P.O . Some days the tail back is out to the ringroad.

PeteK*

malman wrote: »

Does it bug anybody else the way people park illegally outside Navan PO? Or do you do it yourself?

I've done it and can tell if I'm causing a problem.. Haven't had problems with others doing it.. there's plenty of space!