Parking provision changes greenlit by Derry & Strabane Council
Derry City and Strabane District Council has greenlit Department for Infrastructure (DfI) changes to parking provision in the district.
During November’s Environment and Regeneration Committee meeting, members were presented with correspondence from DfI outlining proposals for changes to parking on three streets.
Five taxi bays will be retained at Sackville Street while five others will be replaced with parking spaces, with a one hour maximum stay time from 8am to 6.30pm from Monday to Saturday.
Additionally, DfI plan to introduce four ‘no waiting at any time’ stretches at Duncreggan Road, while a disabled person’s parking bay at Westway will be removed.
SDLP councillor Rory Farrell welcomed the changes at Sackville Street, specifically as one side of the street is currently used as a taxi rank, which is ‘underutilised’.
“That presents difficulties for traders on that street, so I think it’s a common sense proposal," he said. “I think that’s good news for traders in that area of the city.”