Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>A multi-storey car park on Beech Road &ndash; first mooted in 2005 &ndash; could be back on the Council&rsquo;s agenda.</h3>
One of the key findings of a recent survey carried about by Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce was the lack of available parking in the town particularly during the peak summer tourism months.
Several ideas have been discussed at Killarney Municipal District meetings, but apart from the car park that opened on Rock Road there has yet to be any sort of meaningful solution found to the longstanding problem.
Earlier this year elected councillors vented their disappointment after plans for the long-idle &Aacute;ras P&aacute;draig were unveiled but did not include a provision for a multi-storey car park on the site.
This prompted Mayor Marie Moloney to investigate previous plans for a multi-storey car park in Beech Road.
This was first mooted 17 years ago and fell by the wayside for various reasons but it could be back on the agenda again in the coming weeks.
&ldquo;The proposal for the provision of a multi-storey car park in the Beech Road car park is contained within the Killarney Urban Master Plan 2005 which was prepared by Murray O&#8217;Laoire Architects. Killarney Municipal District Office will make this plan available to the [elected] members,&rdquo; a Council official said.

Multi-storey car park plan back on agenda

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