Limerick council accused of 'abuse of position' on footbridge
BRIDGE: OPPOSITION TO €18M PROJECT ALL SET TO CONTINUE
12 Apr 2016
An artists rendering of the proposed €18m footbridge on the Shannon, which has divided opinion
A GROUP set up in opposition to a €18m footbridge in the city has accused council management of an “abuse of position” over the project.
The ‘Footbridge Folly’ action group says an “executive decision” appears to have been made to build the bridge – which is planned to be located behind the Potato market – and the “democratically elected councillors” who represent Limerick people have had no say.
The bridge has divided opinion, with many parties, including the Footbridge Folly group saying it will impede the views of one of the most beautiful parts of the river, and it will obstruct existing rights of way.
Council boss Conn Murray has countered the bridge has the potential to be “iconic”, and the design would be done in a “sensitive” manner so as to “protect the old and the new”.
But the action group says there has been a “notable lack of transparency” around the project.
“Very little information [is] existing in the public domain except for vague and ambiguous press reports,” the group said in a statement. “Calls for information have been met with silence.”
A council spokesperson said a full report on the footbridge will be made at the May meeting: “Should the project proceed, the council will as part of the design and application process hold information workshops and invite inputs from all stakeholders and interested parties."
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Greg
Doran
09:09, 13 April 2016
its a farce people getting flooded every year,lead in water,Hospital screwed,homeless,evictions,pensioners battered,People living in the country losing all services,suicide epedemic..and i could go on.And they want to build another shiney bridge between two other bridges going the same more or less direction and blow a fortune.Between that and the 88 million on new bloody water meters im fuming.Worse part is they say 18 million.Bet that is only a part of the price.We all know who ever plans these things in Ireland tend to price the materials and labour in dealz and buy them in harods
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james
long
09:09, 12 April 2016
Four years later, we still have Mr Murray, Mr Dowling, and Noonan's special hand-picked team, running our City, Noonan did away with the City and Bozo Hogan did away with local democracy, to sum up, they are running the City all right, but sadly RUNNING it down.
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