Commuter parking to be banned from Sallins estates
Commuters have been taking advantage of the estates' proximity to the railway station
Residents in a Sallins estate which has been long troubled by commuter parking may be about to see light at the end of a long tunnel after a breakthrough with Kildare County Council last week.
Two estates in Sallins – Osberstown Court and Park – both of which have entrances within 100m of the railway station, have in recent years been heavily affected by people parking quite legally in their estates all day, as they than take a train in to work. The problem had been the council’s slow progress in taking these two estates in charge after over 25 years in existence, which meant they couldn’t legislate parking by-laws to alleviate the situation – until now.
Following a few years of organising residents and their various associates, cllr Carmel Kelly could finally call a victory last week, having asked ‘that the council apply a single yellow line – a section 38 – along the entrance road at Osberstown Court and Osberstown Park’.
At the recent March meeting of the municipal district, a senior official at the transport section let this be known, and asked “if the members were agreeable, a section 38 process will commence”.
“I brought it to my colleagues and thankfully they all agreed,” said cllr Kelly, grateful that the process has formally begun.
“The Naas Municipal District Office will assess this location for the provision of yellow lines and discuss the extent with councillor Kelly,” confirmed Mark McLoughlin, senior executive officer, Transport, Mobility and Open Spaces.
“The residents in Osberstown Court and the Park, it’s a straight road in, and because of the proximity of the railway station you are getting commuters who will park there all day,” said cllr Kelly.
“Now that we got the S38, it will probably be a single yellow line and go from Monday to Friday,” she explained.
“I had to get both the residents’ associations to write to me formally, and we all had to sign the application. It took some time,” said cllr Kelly.
“The area engineer will now come out after the agreement to assess the specific need,” she said. “It is a process, but it has begun.
“I did this at the request of the residents who were concerned if an ambulance or fire engine had to come and the way was blocked on both sides.
“Now the council is in charge, and the process has begun.”
