Fine Gael TD for Limerick, Patrick O’Donovan has welcomed the decision of the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar, to bring the National Roads Authority and Limerick County Council together to discuss the future of the proposed Adare bypass.
Speaking after meeting Minister Varadkar this week, Patrick O’Donovan said that he had asked the Minister for Transport to personally intervene to try to break the deadlock in relation to the future of the Adare bypass. “I had requested the meeting with the Minister and his officials on behalf of local people who have been in regular contact with me since the decision of An Bord Pleannála was announced. The people of the Adare area have asked me to try to get certainty in relation to this project. Land and property owners have a right to know what is happening with the proposal and the traders of Adare, many of whom rely on the tourism product there, are also looking for certainty.
At the meeting with the Minister, Patrick O’Donovan asked that the entire road network of West Limerick and the needs of the various towns including Adare, Foynes, Newcastle West and Abbeyfeale would be the subject of the meeting between officials of the NRA and Limerick County Council. He said that any decision which was made in relation to one of the projects could have an impact on another, and it was for that reason that he asked that decisions not be made in isolation,.
It is expected that the meeting involving the State Agencies which Minister Varadkar has decided will happen will take place in the coming week.