Fermoy ‘footpath that isn’t’ explained to councillors
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By and large, flood relief works in Fermoy being carried out by Lagan on behalf of the Office of Public Works are viewed as 'progressive' and there can be no denying the quality of the finish involved.
Like all very substantial infrastructural works there are anomalies and one is the 'footpath that isn't'. At last Tuesday's meeting of the Fermoy Municipal District in Mitchelstown, senior executive engineer Brendan O'Gorman, explained that what is being termed the 'mini footpath' at Courthouse Road, Fermoy - on the left as motorists pass Toss Bryan's travelling out the Tallow road (N72), is in fact a 'rubbing strip' built to protect the adjacent stone wall.
Cllr Noel McCarthy who claims to have seen pedestrians attempting to walk on this 'rubbing strip', told the meeting that urgent action was needed to dissuade members of the public from endangering themselves.
"I realise that people shouldn't use it as a footpath but this is what's happening, I saw it myself. It's incredibly dangerous and my motion is about trying to deny access to this rubbing strip" Cllr McCarthy stated.
Cllr McCarthy was happy that contractors Lagan, have been alerted to the danger and are undertaking to erect a sign and a bollard - effectively denying pedestrians access to the rubbing strip.
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