Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
Strategic Plan Framework: Parking

Good quality secure parking is important to maintain the vitality and viability of town centres, and to enable retail and leisure uses to flourish. Management of the level and type of car parking can be used as a means of reducing levels of traffic and promoting public transport, cycling and walking as alternatives to the private car.

An effective form of management is to ensure that short-stay spaces are available in those car parks and streets convenient to town centres. This can be achieved through the use of charging for both on-street and off-street spaces. Park and share sites are proposed adjacent to the A1 at Banbridge, Sheepbridge and Cloghogue. These are proposed in the RSTNTP. The SRTP contains further measures for the provision and management of car parking within the Plan Area. Car parking proposals are, where appropriate, detailed in Volumes 2 and 3 of the Plan. Further information on parking is contained in the Transport Technical Supplement.