South William Street will be fully pedestrianised under plans agreed upon by Dublin City Council despite objections from a car-park owner.
The Brown Thomas car-park, which is also known as the Grafton car-park, has an exit on South William Street. DCC had asked the owners if they could reverse engineer their entry and exit so cars would enter at the north of South William Street and exit on Clarendon Street which would mean minimal disruption to the pedestrianisation of South William Street.
The owners reportedly said this plan would present “insurmountable structural difficulties that cannot be overcome”. They added that the trial pedestrianisation of the street has caused business to drop by 30% and internal congestion.
