Cllr Flood slams removal of North Strand parking spaces
SINN Féin Councillor Kenneth Flood has slammed Louth County Council for removing parking spaces from the North Strand without prior notice or consultation.
He said he has been pursuing the issue of parking for residents on the North Strand with Louth County Council for some time, and is extremely dissatisfied with this decision.
“When I met with officials in the parking sub-committee in April I was given a figure of 32 parking spaces on the North Strand. At a subsequent meeting, that figure was reduced to 24 at the request of the Port Company,” he explained.
“Although we have had several parking specific meetings this year with the Chief Executive around all of the parking issues in Drogheda, the number of parking spaces, without consideration, consultation or notice, has now been reduced to just 9, with double yellow lines having been recently marked to remove parking.”
Cllr Flood has written to the Chief Executive expressing his dissatisfaction and has asked for alternative parking spaces to be provided for residents.
“When I was contacted by a resident regarding the removal of spaces on his street, he had already received several parking tickets because he now has nowhere to properly park his car near his home,” adds Cllr Flood. “The residents of North Strand were not considered at all by Louth County Council.