Commuters using the Athy station will be faced with a €2 a day parking charge for the use of the car park from next September. This excess comes at a time when we should be trying to promote public transport and making it a s cheap as possible according to Fine Gael councillor Richard Daly.
“It is counterproductive to penalise those who make use of public transport by placing an additional €500 a year parking charge. This is going into the coffers of a company which is already subsidised to the tune of almost €200m per annum.
It is time for the government to get real about public transport and Minister Dempsey should immediately react by dropping the subsidy until this “park and pay” policy is reversed. We have an inadequate enough public transport service in Kildare South without driving away those who are taking the green option.”said Cllr Daly
“Commuters have already endured the effects of inflation and will no doubt see the price of their tickets being hit by fuel costs and this imposition of parking charges will be a further blow.
The Green parties professed promotion of public transport should have prompted an immediate reaction to this charge on commuters”
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