By Dan Walsh at Wexford County Council meeting
An Bord Pleanala has granted Wexford County Council planning permission for the long-awaited port access road at Rosslare Harbour.
The €30 million investment was welcomed at today’s monthly meeting of Wexford County Council held at Carricklawn, Wexford.
Cllr Ger Carthy told WexfordLocal.com; “The new €30 million TII N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road will ensure a better experience for port users and enhance quality of life for those living and working in the area, by taking trucks out of the village, and improving access and connectivity to the port.
“This is major investment in the heartland of my constituency and will now open out the port facility to further investment and job creation,” added Cllr Carthy.
The proposed works are on the outskirts of Rosslare Harbour and includes the upgrading of 450 metres of the existing Ballygerry Link Road and the provision of one kilometre of new single road carriageway with associated lay byes to provide a new access road to Rosslare Europort.
There will also be a three-metre-wide shared two-way cycle/pedestrian route between the proposed N25 Ballygillane roundabout to the new future Rosslare Europort roundabout.
Other development includes a new railway bridge and two new underpasses providing provision for access to the existing Uisce Éireann Wastewater Treatment Plant and the future Rosslare Strand to Rosslare Harbour Greenway, respectively.
Road realignment, fencing at the existing railway bridge, drainage systems and flood mitigation measures will also be included, and the single residential dwelling Wayside House on Station Road is to be demolished.
Meanwhile, Cllr Willie Kavanagh sought an update on the completion of the M11 from Oylegate to Rosslare Harbour at today’s meeting.
Apparently the M11 between Oylegate and Rosslare Harbour must include a service station to comply with new regulations that calls for a lesser distance between service stations and this must be incorporated into the planning process.
Cllr Kavanagh told the meeting he received representation from many residents along the proposed route of the M11 from Oylegate, through Crossabeg and towards Ferrycarrig, whom, he said, cannot make a decision regards their property until they have a clearer picture of what is happening.
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