New charges introduced today at busy Omagh car park

New higher charges will come into force today at an Omagh car park.

On March 4, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council agreed to increase the cost of parking at the New Brighton Terrace car park in Omagh and the Quay Lane South and Shore Road West car parks in Enniskillen.

Motorists were previously charged 40p for three hours to park in the central locations. However, under the new proposals, which come into operation today, this will rise to 40p per hour.

A ‘call in’ over the decision was made by six UUP councillors on the council.

This allows councillors to ask for further examination of an issue before it is implemented.

In the UUP submission, the councillors claimed the decision around the car parking charges was made without giving ‘full and proper consideration’ to the potential impact on local businesses.

This was disputed by a number of other councillors.

A vote was taken, and the council voted in favour of going by the initial decision to alter the charges of the three car parks, with 22 councillors voting for the decision and 14 against.