Pay parking coming to Ferns?

By Dan Walsh at Enniscorthy Municipal District monthly meeting

Just when motoring costs have skyrocketed at the fuel pumps and insurance costs have soared, there are calls for the introduction of pay parking on the Main Street in Ferns.

Conscious that today (Wednesday) is April 1^st, I wish to clarify that the matter was raised by Cllr John O’Rourke at last week’s monthly meeting of Enniscorthy Municipal District Council.

The plan is to facilitate local residents, however, it is also aimed at eliminating long stay parking in historic North Wexford village where traffic management stress has been eliminated since the opening of the M11 by-pass in 2019.

Meanwhile, there is a discussion on Bunclody parking by-laws which were raised at the December Town Team meeting.

The Town Team are carrying out a parking survey to get feedback from businesses and residents in Bunclody.

Enniscorthy Municipal District’s Parking By-Laws 2023 for Bunclody state that there is Free four-hour Max Stay parking on The Mall and in the Market Square areas. It has been agreed to enforce these parking by-laws for Bunclody going forward.

A Traffic Warden is currently patrolling the area for illegal parking only i.e. parking on footpaths and double-yellow lines. Signage about 4-hour free parking will be installed in the coming weeks.

A meeting regarding Parking Permits is due to take place shortly.

Is Ferns ready for such confusion and hassle going forward? Watch this space!