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KILRUSH area councillors have de- ferred any decision on the controver- sial proposal to close 120 metres of the Caherfeenick Road, Cree, until a draft legal agreement is presented to them.
At last evening’s Kilrush area meet- ing the councillors agreed after some debate to reconvene on Friday De- cember 14 to consider a draft legal agreement drawn up by the council’s legal team and the solicitors working for Doonbeg Golf Club Ltd.
The legal team for both parties are also to be at the meeting.
Just a month ago the members agreed to defer any decision on the controversial proposal until yester- day after a very heated meeting at- teended by the county solicitor John Shaw.
At that meeting Mr Shaw said that any decision made by the councillors would not affect a judicial review currently listed in the High Court.
The proposal which has split the west Clare councillors relates to a right of way on to Doughmore
Beach.
Under the agreement a right of way on to the beach will be handed over to Doonbeg Golf Club Limited in ex- change for alternative access to the beach.
Under the proposal, which must get the approval of the elected members of the complete council, part of the public road at Caherfeenick, Cree, will be extinguished for 120 metres.
The extinguishment will only take place, however, when certain criteria are met by the golf club according to council officials.
Among the commitments is the provision of a car park of 35 spaces constructed to Clare County Coun- cil’s specifications and supervised by the local authority’s staff.
An area of land including the car park and a further estimated .6 acres for 35 more car park spaces must also be transferred into the ownership of Clare County Council.
A new “turn table at the new term1- nal point” on the Caherfeenick road to Clare County Council’s specifica- tion in size and standard must also be constructed and bollards installed.
A document circulated to the coun- cillors earlier this year also pointed to “a clear legal grant of a vehicular right of way for emergency vehicles” to be given by the golf club to Clare County Council and this right of way to be three metres wide.
The councillors are to meet again on Friday week to discuss the issues as claims continue that the elected representatives have reneged on a previous agreement to postpone any decision until after an upcoming high court judicial review taken by the golf club against An Bord Pleanala.