Public Information Sessions: 8th March 2000, GreenHills Hotel

Laethanta Eolais Poiblí

• 120 people attended a public information session held in the Greenhills Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick for two days on 7th and 8th March 2000.
• Maps of the study area, ordnance survey maps showing land-ownership, orthophotography maps of the study area and national routes maps of the region were displayed at the public information sessions.
• An information leaflet and questionnaire was distributed.
• Issues of local concern raised at the information sessions:-

• Perceived severance at Coonagh village
• Land ownership and planning permissions
• Boating interests on the Shannon
• Commercial use of the Shannon
• Options for traffic to bypass Limerick City
• Types of river crossing (i.e. high level bridge, tunnel, low level bridge, etc.)

• Everyone who attended agreed in principle that there is a need for the Southern Ring Road Phase II.
• Other issues raised by the public included:

• Foynes Yacht Club
• Reed harvesting during construction of a river crossing
• Cycle lanes
• Visual impacts of a high level bridge
• Traffic congestion at Coonagh roundabout and the roundabout at Shannon Bridge