Contractor sought for first step in Clonmel link road works
The works are the first step in establishing a design for the link roads
Plans for two new link roads for Clonmel have taken a step forward recently, as the council advertised for a contractor to begin preliminary ground investigation works for the development.
The contract is worth an estimated €100,000; back in June, councillors had heard how the town would benefit from a €20 million investment for the link roads.
The first will link the Cashel Road (R688) to the Fethard Road (R689), going through Longfield. The second route will connect the Fethard Road to the Carrigeen Business Park Road.
Both routes go through predominantly green fields, and the link roads are to include both pedestrian and cycling routes too.
The purpose of the works are to collect the necessary data for a detailed road design to be devised.
The council say that permission for access between Fethard Road and Carrigeen, and the Longfield Estate road, will come from the council themselves.
For the section between Fethard Road and Longfireld, permission will be required, and arranged by the council.
In June, the new was hailed as the ‘biggest announcements for Clonmel in a long, long time’ by Cllr Tom Acheson.
‘The development of those two link roads will open up a huge amount of land for potential housing development, and they also have the potential to take some pressure off the Clonmel Bypass’.