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New Buncrana eParking Service 09.06.20
DONEGAL County Council
traffic wardens returned to work on the 18th of May
as part of Phase 1 of the easing of COVID-19
restrictions.
For a transition period from the 18th of May to this
weekend enforcement of Pay and Display offences
remained suspended and traffic wardens have
concentrated on the enforcement of road traffic
offences i.e. illegal parking on disabled bays,
double yellow lines, loading bays and on footpaths.
This transition period is now being extended until
Monday the 22nd of June to ensure that the new
eParking Service will be in place when enforcement
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Donegal County Council
are currently finalising arrangements for the new
eParking Service, which will provide cashless
methods to pay for parking via a smartphone app and
website. The eParking Service will operate in each
of the five towns in Donegal that currently have pay
and display in operation – Ballybofey, Buncrana,
Bundoran, Donegal Town and Letterkenny. When
launched on the 22nd of June, it can be used on any
of the streets and car parks where pay and display
parking operates.
Director of Service for Roads and Transportation,
John Mc Laughlin emphasised that the new service is
an additional, more convenient way of paying for
parking. If any shoppers and visitors are more
comfortable with the existing Pay and Display
machines, they can, of course, continue to use them.
“We would like people to try out the new eParking
Service. We think that they will find it a very
quick, modern and convenient way of paying for their
parking and very easy to use."
The new App will be available to download for free
via the Apple Store and Google Play.
More details are available on
www.donegalparking.ie and
https://bookings.parkmagic.net .
From the 22nd of June the Traffic Wardens will
return to normal duties, including the enforcement
of both Pay and Display offences and road traffic
offences. |
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