City plans to extend disc parking zone

Eoin English

Plans to extend controls to more than 150 suburban streets, mostly in Bishopstown, Wilton, Glasheen and Blackpool, have been agreed by the city's roads committee. The proposals, costing up to E250,000, will be discussed at next Monday's council meeting and are likely to be passed.

The move is also likely to boost council coffers through parking fines. The sale of E1.80 parking discs generated almost E3.5m for the city last year. The final phase of the last DPZ extension, which increased the zone by 60% at a cost of E600,000, is almost complete.