PUSH FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR KNOCKNACARRA COMMUNITY CENTRE

Date Published: 25-Sep-2007

Galway West TD Frank Fahey is proposing a public private partnership for Knocknacarra Community Centre so that it can be built in 12 months.

The area still has no community centre and earlier this month the city council admitted no significant progress has been made on the plans.

It rejected several proposals from the private sector on the basis they cost too much, had commercial motives and were overly ambitious.

But at a press conference in the Clybaun Hotel last evening, Deputy Fahey presented his solution to the problem.

He’s backing a proposal to build a €13.5 million euro water sports and leisure centre which would be run privately at a site beside the Knocknacarra Shopping Centre.

It would be done through a public private partnership and the community centre element would be run by the council.

Deputy Fahey says it could be built in 12 months and cost the council around €1 million euro plus the original cost of the site.

Deputy Fahey says it makes sense and wants the council to consider the proposal