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Main St to close to traffic until late December
ROAD DAMAGE: Cllr Brendan Cronin highlighted the poor condition of the paving on Main Street in March. Photo: Grigoriy Geniyevskiy
By Sean Moriarty
Main St will close to traffic from next Tuesday until the end of December for re-paving works.
The works, which are part of the agreed Killarney Municipal District Works Programme for 2020, will take place in phases over several weeks with every effort being made to limit disruption for local businesses, shoppers and pedestrians.
An investment of €100,000 is required for the replacement of the granite paving blocks on the carriageway along the street.
The works, which will be substantially completed by the end of next month will require an additional bedding in period and it is expected the street will not re-open fully until the end of December.
However, the street will remain fully open for pedestrians and localised deliveries will be facilitated.
“Local businesses were briefed on the project which, on completion, will require approximately one month to allow the new surface to bed in. It is envisaged that the street will reopen to vehicular traffic at the end of December,” said a Council statement.
Cllr Brendan Cronin, the Mayor of Killarney, called for these works to be done at a Council meeting earlier this year and welcomed the news. He asked the people of Killarney to be patient while the works are going on.
“There is no good time to do works like this, but with the lockdown in place this is the best of any time to do this. Anyone involved in construction will tell you that concrete does need time to settle,” he told the Killarney Advertiser.
The original granite brick surface on the street is over a decade old and the commitment to repair the road surface was contained in the recently adopted Works Programme for 2020. Small sections of the carriageway (roadway) will be completed during each phase of the work and access to all local business will remain fully open to pedestrians at all times.
Traffic diversions will be in place via The Ha-Ha, East Avenue Road and Mission Road.
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