Call for towing on re-developed Cork City's MacCurtain St to stamp out illegal parking

Labour Cllr John Maher issued the call ahead of the official opening of the MacCurtain St public transport improvement scheme by the Tánaiste Micheál Martin on Saturday

Motorists illegally parking on MacCurtain St's new public realm recently. Picture: Cllr John Maher

Towing should be used immediately to crack down on widespread illegal parking along an historic Cork City street which has been revamped to improve public transport.

Cork City Council and the gardaí have also been urged to significantly ramp up parking enforcement activity in the area, at weekends especially, to protect the vision for the new MacCurtain St area which has been re-developed as a vital bus corridor and where two-way traffic has been re-introduced for the first time in half a century.