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THE people of Quin are being urged to oppose plans by Clare County Council to put a temporary footpath in place on the bridge in the village.
The council is proposing to put the footpath in place on a temporary ba- sis, with a view to possibly creating a permanent footpath at the same lo- cation.
However locals argue that this will see traffic reduced to one lane
and will create chaos for the village, where population levels are expand- ing on an ongoing basis.
Local councillor Sonny Scanlan (FG) is calling for local residents to join together and oppose the plan.
“€60,000 was allocated for the footbridge a couple of years ago. I thought it would be up and running by now. It is now proposed, instead, to put a temporary footpath in place on the bridge. As a result, there will only be one line of traffic at all times.
Trying to put traffic into a single lane is ridiculous,’ he said.
“I am completely opposed to this. I want a public meeting in Quin to discuss this,” he said.
“The population of Quin is in- creasing rapidly. More than 100 new houses have been built over the past year or two. There is no place to park in Quin at the moment. There is a huge number of children going to school, who need a footbridge. It was proposed that a footbridge would be
put in place to the right hand side of the bridge. That is still needed,’ he CrHOR
A meeting, involving council offi- cials, gardai and public representa- tives, will take place in the coming weeks, where the issue will be dis- cussed. Councillor Scanlan is ada- mant he is vehemently opposed to the idea.
“We are appealing for people to get behind us. We can’t allow it to go ahead,’ he said.