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2.1m collected from parking charges in 2014
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14-01-2015 1:21pm#1
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Waterford generated €2.1m in the city and the county in 2014.
€1.7m came from parking fees, and €379,000 from fines.
It spent €791,000 running the service.
A PROFIT OF €1.309 MILLION EURO
and now they want to charge for loading bays around the city from 12pm every day - hungry bastards!!!!!
Source - RTE
i dont really see the point in this, no parking charges will mean chaos, we have had this arguement over and over, personally and others think charges are reasonable, €1 per hour and 3.20 - 3.60 for full day, not bad. Others think they should come down lower, i wont argue with that i suppose but theree certainly needs to be a charge to prevent abuse, maintenance and to pay for street cleaners, bins, festivals (your wonderful councillors
) etc etc.
As for the loading bays, they are abused by people who use them for parking, not un/loading and added to that, it will hopefully mean deliveries done mostly in morning, then all day long.
Not here to defend council but, they need money too to provide for the services.0 -
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Waterford generated €2.1m in the city and the county in 2014.
€1.7m came from parking fees, and €379,000 from fines.
It spent €791,000 running the service.
A PROFIT OF €1.309 MILLION EURO
and now they want to charge for loading bays around the city from 12pm every day - hungry bastards!!!!!
Source - RTE
I did you ever think that this is not a sign they are hungry bastards it is a sign of the irresponsible way some people behave with regard to parking. If they followed the rules they would not get fined in the first place. Just because there are no free spaces where you want to park does not give you the right to cause an obstruction. I mean I have seen people literally try to park in front of the back gate to the Garda station in Ballybricken. I have seen somebody park up on the footpath at the entrance to River Island/City Square in the middle of the day. I have seen cars parked up on the footpath in front of houses literally a few inches from the front door causing the residents to be bearly able to get out their front door. and on and on and on...
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