Parking on Church Street, Mullingar.

Pay by text parking pilot scheme coming to Mullingar

Motorists in Mullingar may soon be able to pay for parking by using their mobile phones, councillors heard at the March meeting of the Mullingar Municipal District.

Responding to a question from Cllr Emily Wallace about whether the hand held devices used by local wardens are capable of using pay by text software, the MMD said that the current machines used “can’t facilitate this technology”.

However, Cllr Wallace was informed that the council will shortly introduce new hand held devices and when these are in operation the MMD plans to run a pilot pay by text scheme in a designated car park.

A number of local authorities, such as Dublin City Council and Laois and Wicklow County Councils, have already introduced the pay by text option for motorists.