Lifts delay holding up completion of Carrick-on-Suir digital working hub
Bad weather last winter and early spring also delayed work on transforming Carrick-on-Suir’s old post office into a digital enterprise working hub
Bad weather last winter and early this spring and a hold up in the delivery of lifts are blamed for the delay in completing the transformation of Carrick-on-Suir's old post office building on Main Street into a digital and enterprise working hub for small businesses and remote workers.
That was the explanation Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District's Director of Services Brian Beck gave to Cllr Kieran Bourke when he asked for an update on the Carrick Regeneration Scheme project at the May meeting of the district's councillors.
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Cllr Bourke told council management the delay in completing the digital and enterprise hub has become a topic of discussion with certain people in Carrick-on-Suir.
“I had a gentleman in this morning asking when it's going to be finished. He believed the (National) Children's Hospital was going to be finished before it,” he said in reference to the long running controversy over the delay in completing the Dublin hospital.
The Fianna Fáil councillor pointed out they were told the project was going to be finished last November and it was now June.
Mr Beck responded that the original time line for finishing the hub was around the end of February this year.
Its completion has been delayed firstly because the contractor wasn't held up in finishing the garden area because the late winter and spring periods were so wet.
He reported there was also a delay in the delivery of two interior lifts for the premises.
He reassured councillors the project was back on track and the delay had no implication on the price of the work.
When asked by Cllr Bourke if the council has a finish date for the project, Mr Beck said the Council hoped the end of the summer but didn't have a delivery date yet for the lifts.
Mr Beck said the new hub will be called The Exchange and revealed the council is engaging with people looking to move into the property.
He suggested it would be worthwhile for the district's councillors to visit the property in June to see how it has been transformed. It was agreed to do this.