ORAL HEARING TOLD MOYCULLEN BY-PASS WILL TAKE TWO YEARS

Date Published: 01-May-2012

The Moycullen by-pass will take two years to complete, cost more than €40 million, and may result in 20% traffic increase during the works.

Around 50 people are in attendance at the oral hearing in the Westwood, which is expected to continue into tomorrow.

An Bord Pleanala is listening to submissions from Galway County Council, and other interested parties, before deciding whether to give the go-ahead to the works, which are estimated to cost €40.18 million.

The major road project, if it goes ahead, includes the proposed acquisition of 324 plots of land from 105 landowners.

A total of 59 submissions were received by An Bord Pleanala in advance of the hearing, which included two from Public Bodies, The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and Inland Fisheries Ireland. There were 55 submissions lodged by land and property owners, five of which were subsequently withdrawn.

Residents who are impacted by the by-pass will have an opportunity to pose questions based on their submission this afternoon.