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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 10 Nov 1998

Vol. 496 No. 3

Written Answers. - Parking Regulations.

Richard Bruton

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341 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in implementing a ban on parking of heavy goods vehicles in residential areas on a street by street basis due to the proliferation of signage; and if he will introduce powers where these bans will be introduced on an area by area basis similar to traffic calming plans. [22842/98]

Article 38 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997, empowers road authorities to restrict the parking of large vehicles in specified areas following an approach applied to selective parking restrictions and prohibitions generally. The article provides that where a no parking sign, accompanied by an information plate containing the symbol of a large vehicle and indicating a specified unladen weight, is in place, a vehicle which exceeds that unladen weight cannot be parked; this restriction continues until a traffic sign is encountered indicating that the prohibition has ended. The application of the restriction on a zonal or other basis would be a matter for the local authority concerned.

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