Work has finally got underway again in a housing estate in Lismore, which was left unfinished after the developer went bust. Residents of The Mills housing estate have waited several years to have the works completed and the estate cleared of building rubble. Their frustration at the state it was left in led them to post a video of their estate on YouTube, showing the unfinished works which they said posed a danger and meant they couldn’t let children outside to play.

Eamon Lonergan from Waterford County Council, who had been working with NAMA to resolve the matter, confirmed that he had met the developer, his engineer and the appointed contractor on site and, following that, works had commenced last week. They’ll take approximately four to six weeks to complete, he advised.

Residents want public lighting on the estate finished, the road surfaced so that manholes are level with it instead of protruding, footpaths to be fixed where cobble locking has come loose, unfinished houses, including one which went on fire a couple of years ago to be made safe and fenced off and building rubble and materials which were left on site to be removed.  

“It’s been a very long and frustrating wait but we are pleased that work has finally begun on completing the outstanding works,” Ray Murphy, Chairman of the Residents Association, told The Avondhu. Building rubble has already been cleaned up and taken away and the estate is looking better already, he advised.

“We look forward to all works now being completed to bring the estate up to a proper standard, which will allow residents, some of whom are senior citizens, to live in comfort and safety and our children to play safely within the estate,” he concluded.