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during the week to
complain about the disruptions while
local businessman Dick Grant draft-
ed an open letter to County Manager, Alex Fleming on the matter.
In the letter Mr Grant critisised
the timing of the development, the
amount of car parking spaces elimi- nated by construction work and a lack of consultation with locals.
This has prompted north Clare County Councillor Martin Conway (FG), to propose a system which would see council subcontractors prohibited on working in tourist ar- eas during June, July and August.
“This is another development which has been timed badly with the busy summer months,’ said Cllr Conway.
“The Clare County Council have clearly have not taken into account the needs of the local community at this time of the year and there should be a contractual restriction on any further development in tourist areas in the summer months.”