This article is from page 11 of the 2007-05-29 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 11 JPG
MILTOWN Malbay may have to wait for five years before much needed re- surfacing work can take place, it was revealed yesterday at the local area meeting of Clare County Council in Ennistymon.
Responding to a motion put for- ward by Councillor Richard Nagle (FF), Senior Executive Engineer in Ennistymon, Hubert Newell said that road works couldn’t be completed until planned sewage work takes je e-leror
“Does this mean that nothing can happen in Miltown Malbay for the next five years?” asked Cllr Nagle.
“T wouldn’t mind if the develop- ment was near, but this is years away. There has to be some work done in the meantime.”
Lisdoonvarna-based — Councillor Martin Lafferty (Ind) pointed to a lack of confidence in the local au- thority felt by some people in Mil- town Malbay.
“We cannot wait for this to happen because it will take years upon years. There is a problem in Miltown Mal- bay, that the people of the town feel agerieved. They feel that if they had a councillor that he could wave his
magic wand and everything would be finished.”
Meanwhile, local tourism is being put under pressure because of Clare County Council’s inability to provide a passing out bay on the roads at the top of Corkscrew Hill. Responding to a motion put forward by Cllr Laf- ferty, Mr Newell said that a bay could not be put in place until the comple- tion of a diameter pipeline between Lisdoonvarna and Ballyvaughan.
“It is mitigating against tourism,’ said Cllr Lafferty. “The buses have to continually reverse in order to get by each other.”
Buses and tourists stopping at the Cliffs of Moher could soon be clamped if they fail to park in the official parking lot as the council is to regularise the double yellow lines at the site following the construction of the multi-million euro interpretive centre. A number of new car park- ing places are to be made available in north Clare in the coming months with 20 space being created on coun- cil property and 30 spaces on private property in Ennistymon while the council plans to double the capacity of the Miltown Road parking lot in Lahinch to some 120 cars.