Tralee Public Outline their Priorities
 

 

Suggestions for an e-Neighbourhood at Clash, more underground and multi-storey car parks adjacent to the Town Centre, the revision of the casual trading byelaws in The Square, the creation of new, smaller taxi ranks around the Town Centre, the protection of green areas, and the provision of additional accommodation for the elderly in the town centre were among the proposals to come forward at the public meeting (Nov 28) hosted by Tralee Town Council in relation to the new Town Development Plan.

Many of the attendees insisted that the construction of eastern ring road should be the major priority of the Town Council and that its delay was hindering the development of the town. Tralee Town Manager Michael McMahon said that the revised route of the new road had just been published and had been submitted by Kerry County Council to the National Roads Authority for its approval. Provided all the necessary approvals were forthcoming and funding allocated work on the road could commence, he said, in 2009 and be completed in 2011.
 

Earlier Town Planner Ms. Victoria McCarthy made a very informative presentation on the process involved in the preparation and adoption of the new Town Plan. Mayor Miriam McGillicuddy and Town Clerk Michael Scannell stressed that while there were many influences on the plan from EU and National policies that had to be taken on board it was the public’s views on how the town should develop that were most important.

Over 250 people attended Wednesday’s Information Day and Meeting on the Town Plan hosted by Tralee Town Council at the Brandon Hotel. The special exhibition and AV presentation which charts the development of Tralee and highlights the issues for the future will re-open in the Kerry County Library, Moyderwell this weekend. Members of the public have until Wednesday, December 19th to make submissions to the new Town Plan.

Further information from: http://www.tralee.ie/traleedevplannew.htm  or via email from townplan@traleetc.ie