PARKING REVENUE DROPS BY A QUARTER IN GALWAY

Date Published: 04-Apr-2013

Revenue from parking fees has dropped dramatically in Galway since 2009.

The latest figures from the Department of the Environment show that income from parking fees fell from 1.1 million in 2009 to 827 thousand euro in 2010 for Galway County Council.

The drop of almost 200 thousand euro in parking fees in the county from 2009 to 2010 represents a drop of 26 percent.

Meanwhile, the City Council's parking revenue fell from 4.6 million euro in 2009 to 3.8 million in 2011, according to today's Irish Examiner.

Ballinasloe Town Council also saw a drop of almost a quarter in 2010, bringing in 217 thousand euro in parking fees, compared to 286 thousand in 2009.