Supermacs plaza being built in loughrea

New supermacs plaza being built in loughrea, similar in size to tuam. Keeping an eye out if there are any chargers going in.

That would be a no so 😁

Most of those "the plaza" rest stops have been very forward in getting multiple chargers installed.

I would guess that there's 2 going in and it's a case of the fontr running over from the one air/service spot into the next making it look like one EV spot

A queue would be ideal for Supermacs, have the kids in back screaming for grub. Captive customers and a maximum return on investment, charger is in constant use.

Naa thats just off the motor this in the town near the Lough rea spa hotel (nearly finished build now and part of the plaza group). Interesting the same person owns the plaza group (supermac's) and So Hotel group (which loughrea spa hotel is part of).

No shortage of chargers in loughrea.

Opposite opinion incoming.

I think the service area should be nowhere near the chargers. People use the service area to park up and go into the shop or use the toilets. They've no issue in parking at a charger to do this. First hand experience is the circle k at templeville. 2 service bays either side of the charger, and I've lost count of the amount of times that vans and cars take a spot to grab lunch or use the facilities.

its the same with parent and child spaces.

The architects/ operators plonk these wider spaces by the door, and with no legal framework to stop the "wrong" users parking there, they get used by boy racers or lads in jeeps to either be near the door or for the wider space. Parents with kids dont need to be near the door but they do need wider spaces to get baby seats out or just to open the door wide to clip in a child without bashing the door of the adjacent cars.

Just like your chargers, if you put them a little more out of the way then theres no temptation for cnuts to park there and shaft the people who really benefit from the spaces being there.

(although, if we are to have a europewide ban on sales of petrol/ diesel cars in a handful of years, any new car parks on motorways etc will need to have 50%+ of spaces with chargers and the current problem with trying to nab one of of just 2 or 3 chargers at a location becomes far less)

Thats hilarious. As a culchie myself I have to applaud the bringing of a picnic but of course I'd probably have lost the head if I arrived to that at a charger

That's hilarious! Would they have their picnic in front of a Petrol or Diesel pump? I doubt it! The neck of some people in this country, and it is just getting worse.

Unfortunately all the signs in the world don't trump laziness and stupidity. Last summer I had to get a big lump to move her Micra from a charging bay in Birdhill. Loads of empty spaces in the carpark but she though her Micra was now a Tesla!!