Parking is a nightmare says former Lord Mayor
Belfast Telegraph
By Dan McGinn
CAR parking in Belfast is 30 years behind the rest of Europe because of poor city planning, a former Lord Mayor claimed today.
Alliance Party councillor Tom Ekin said residents, shoppers and workers in the south of the city were exasperated by a piecemeal approach to planning.
"People are wondering who on earth is in charge of planning," he said.
"Parking is 30 years behind the rest of Europe, a total nightmare.
"Yet all we get are 'pilot studies' with no obvious outcome on behalf of residents and local businesspeople.
"We build new buildings to house new hospital facilities, new health administrative centres, new housing developments, new apartment blocks, new shops, and yet there is no new effective method of addressing the parking problem other than let people park wherever they want."
Parking in Belfast's university area, in the streets around Botanic Avenue and off the Lisburn Road has been described as chaotic as people working in the city centre try to avoid paying charges.
Mr Ekin said it was grotesque that around 1,000 new employees would be commuting to a 100-yard stretch along the Lisburn Road with no obvious mention of extra public transport or parking.
"Do residents have to simply watch as the parking creep continues to ruin our lives?" he said.
By Dan McGinn
CAR parking in Belfast is 30 years behind the rest of Europe because of poor city planning, a former Lord Mayor claimed today.
Alliance Party councillor Tom Ekin said residents, shoppers and workers in the south of the city were exasperated by a piecemeal approach to planning.
"People are wondering who on earth is in charge of planning," he said.
"Parking is 30 years behind the rest of Europe, a total nightmare.
"Yet all we get are 'pilot studies' with no obvious outcome on behalf of residents and local businesspeople.
"We build new buildings to house new hospital facilities, new health administrative centres, new housing developments, new apartment blocks, new shops, and yet there is no new effective method of addressing the parking problem other than let people park wherever they want."
Parking in Belfast's university area, in the streets around Botanic Avenue and off the Lisburn Road has been described as chaotic as people working in the city centre try to avoid paying charges.
Mr Ekin said it was grotesque that around 1,000 new employees would be commuting to a 100-yard stretch along the Lisburn Road with no obvious mention of extra public transport or parking.
"Do residents have to simply watch as the parking creep continues to ruin our lives?" he said.
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