Visitors to the Portrush and Ballycastle seaside will have to pay to park in some places from April.
A Northern Ireland council has announced that it is to start charging for parking at four carparks in Ballycastle and Portrush in County Antrim.The new seasonal charges will come in on 1 April and run until 30 September.Public notices explain the incoming chargesSeafront car park, BallycastleCauseway Coast and Glens Mayor Stephen Callaghan"We have to find money from somewhere. If we don't put the charges on the car parking here, then the money goes on the domestic rate.
"So people will just drive on by when they see the car park and charges that's what people do. They'll just drive onto the next place.""We already pay rates and now we're going to be penalised with having to pay car parking here. Charge the tourists, but leave the locals alone. We pay enough," she said.
Pam Logue from Portstewart said she believed that people would park on the roads which would be "really quite unsafe".Surfers Tom and Will said having to pay would put them off coming to the West Strand beach. "This is sort of one of the most reliable surfing beaches on the north coast here, so I would park here fairly frequently to check out the surf," Tom said.For Will, having to pay is an inconvenience."Like, do I have cash? Do I need a card? Will we have to downloaded an app or something? It's just a hassle."
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