Concerns raised in Waterford over traffic getting ‘hugely worse’ during upcoming works
Cllr Declan Clune spoke on the subject at the May plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council.
Concerns have been raised over traffic in Waterford city potentially getting “hugely worse” during upcoming works.
Independent councillor Declan Clune spoke on the subject of the North Quays flood defence works at the May plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council.
Cllr Clune said: “Just around the council’s flood defence works, what contingency measures are being put in place to minimise any extra disruption to commuters during the remaining flood defence construction works, specifically around Plunkett Station?
“We know at the best of times that’s a bottleneck over there, particularly at peak times, so I would have a concern that it’s going to get hugely worse during the course of these works.”
In response, Sean McKeown, Chief Executive of Waterford City and County Council insisted that the council will do everything it can to avoid such a scenario.
Mr McKeown said: “They’re being completed in three phases. The eastern flood defences are substantially complete.
“The western flood defences are the ones you can see that are ongoing at the moment and the central flood defences which will be running close to the existing train station are probably the most difficult.
“We’re redesigning that element of central flood defences with the utmost in our mind a design that has the least impact that won’t discommode passengers. So what design will limit that to the greatest extent?
“So the people parking, the inconvenience to them mightn’t be the same to others but that’s the biggest criteria that will form the outcome of the design that we will go with.”
He concluded by saying that whilst the council haven’t finalised the design of the floodworks yet, it is currently in the process of doing so.