Rail firm urged to cut parking charges

IARNRÓD Éireann has again been urged to drop car parking charges along a busy commuter route after it emerged the company received €8,201,878 in development levies from Cork County Council.

Special development levies were applied to developers and private home builders along the Cork-Midleton rail corridor to help defray the costs of reopening the line.

Since 2004 the levies have been collected by the local authority at a rate of €26.88 per sq metre on residential development and €92.88 per sq metre on office developments within one kilometre of the rail stations.