Pay & Display for Connolly Hospital to go ahead

The last issue of Community Voice revealed how Connolly Hospital is proposing to introduce paid car parking in the hospital in an attempt to meet some of its budget shortfall for the current year.

It is anticipated by hospital management that such a proposal could generate up to €500,000 in income for the hospital in a full year. In recent months there has been an accumulation of anecdotal evidence that the hospital’s car park is already being used by local commuters who leave their cars there for the day to take the bus or train into the city.

Visitors to the hospital have been finding it increasingly difficult to find parking while visiting patients despite the extensive car parking available on site.

Community Voice has learned that proposals for the introduction of paid car parking are now well advanced. “We have a project team that have been looking at the proposal and they have now gone to tender for the provision of barrier systems,” said hospital manager, Shay Smith.

“If we are going to introduce this we need to do it properly with proper equipment. We will be introducing some form of pay and display system for visitor parking in the near future.

 

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