Residents in South-East Clare say they’re disappointed but not surprised at Clare County Council’s not to alter its planned route of the Northern Distributor Road.
The local authority has published it’s preferred route corridor for the road, linking Knockalisheen with the Old Limerick/Dublin Road, via Ardnacrusha, Parteen and UL
The newly published corridor is the same as was published in January, despite receiving over 400 submissions from the public in the interim period
The Council insists the peoples’ views have been taken on board
On Monday’s Morning Focus we heard from some of those residents
John Cooke spoke with Sean McGovern, PRO of the Northern Distributor Road Concerned Residents’ Association and Donal O’Riain is a local Historian and Author in Parteen
He has been living there for fifty 50 years and says the road will have a devastating effect on locals
He was shocked to find out at the public consultation in Limerick earlier this year that the Phase two of the Northern Distributor Road would cut through himself and his wife Alice’s four-bedroom home, Tuairín na Molt at Ballykeelaun
Martina Duffy from Derrynafadda in Clonlara also voiced her concerns about the route of the road.
Tom Tiernan, Project Manager NDR and Senior Roads Engineer with Clare County Council joined John in studio to explain why the route corridor For Northern Distributor Road hasn’t been altered since the public consultation took place early this year.
The Mayor of Clare is planning to call a special meeting of Clare County Council this week to discuss the fallout from the Environment Minister’s decision not to release their full budget allocation for 2012
Pat Daly has expressed his deep frustration after it emerged that 240 thousand euro in cutbacks wont be restored despite pledges from Clare’s two Fine Gael TDs that the monies would be released if the council boosted its Household Charge compliance rate
The rate here is now two percent higher than the target set by Minister Phil Hogan but his department says the local authority will only receive the full allocation for the final quarter of 2012
Mayor Pat Daly and Councillor Joe Arkins spoke with John.
Sergeant Joe Downey, Crime Prevention Officer with the Clare Garda Division joined John in studio for this week’s Garda Focus where he appeals to the public for information on crimes committed in the county in the past week
Contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 68 48 100.
The Money Doctor John Lowe answered listeners’ personal finance queries and discussed recent news regarding personal finance matters
See www.themoneydoctor.ie
Aileen Browne of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service appealed to people to give blood in Ennistymon this evening and tomorrow at The Falls Hotel- 6-9pm
John Murphy of the Clare branch of Birdwatch Ireland was in studio to answer your bird and wildlife queries
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