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The issue has been raised repeatedly in recent years as pressure on parking around Laytown Station has increased. Irish Rail currently lists just 20 parking spaces at the station.<\/p>\n
Meath County Council\u2019s development plan also includes an objective to support the delivery of additional parking at Laytown Train Station in conjunction with the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail.<\/p>\n
Next stage for project<\/p>\n
Cllr Tolan said the written confirmation from Irish Rail provides a clearer route towards progressing the project.<\/p>\n
Coordination meetings are now expected to involve Irish Rail, Meath County Council, the National Transport Authority and other project stakeholders as technical and design work is developed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very positive development and an important milestone for a project that has the potential to significantly improve access to public transport in our area,\u201d Cllr Tolan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been working consistently to advance additional parking and access improvements at Laytown Station, and I will continue to engage with all relevant agencies to help move this project forward as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parking at the station has remained a live issue locally. Earlier this month, Meath County Council confirmed that the NTA was considering future parking provision at Laytown Station as part of a post-DART+ capacity assessment, with initial discussions already underway between the NTA and Irish Rail.<\/p>\n
Cllr Tolan said the progress reflects growing demand for better transport infrastructure in the Laytown-Bettystown area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is encouraging to see all of the key stakeholders now working towards a common goal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile there is still important technical work to be completed, this support in principle is a welcome and significant step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Planning proposals for the first phase are expected to progress once the necessary assessments and agreements have been completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laytown park and ride plans have moved a step closer, with Cllr Sharon Tolan confirming that Irish Rail…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-665411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}