DETAILS of plans have been revealed for a park and ride facility at Patrickswell for the hotly anticipated 2027 Ryder Cup at Adare Manor next September.
A notice from Limerick City and County Council confirmed plans for a Part 8 development of a temporary park and ride facility at Collopy’s Cross, Attyflin, Patrickswell, with an opportunity for submissions and observations from the public now open.
The Part 8 Attyflin park and ride plans, according to the Council notice, are being submitted subsequent to separate applications for other temporary park and ride facilities at Annacotty, Croagh North and South, Croagh West, and Richmondvilla, Patrickswell, which will “form part of a larger overall transport plan for the Ryder Cup”.
According to the Council, “the proposed temporary development will consist of the provision of car and bus parking as part of the park and ride scheme associated with the Ryder Cup in 2027”.
“The temporary car and bus park will require new temporary vehicle accesses off the R526 and will also use existing accesses on the R526 and the Enterprise Centre access road,” the planning notice read.
“All installations associated with the park and ride facility are temporary and removable with the lands to be returned to existing use within one month after completion of the Ryder Cup.”
The Council said it has carried out “an assessment of need for an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and determined that the development does not fall within the scope of the EIA Directive or the EIA provisions of the Planning and Development Regulations or the Roads Act and consequently no EIA requirements apply to it”.
The local authority said it has also carried out an “appropriate assessment (AA) screening and has determined that a full appropriate assessment is not required in respect of the proposed development”.
Submissions and observations on the proposed plans are open to the public now, and can be made up to June 12.
Details of the plans are available at City Hall at Merchant’s Quay; the Planning, Environment, and Place Making Department at County Hall on the Dooradoyle Road; Aras Sean Finn at Newline, Rathleake; Aras Mainchin Seoighe Area Office, Kilmallock; and the Newcastle West Municipal District Office, Aras William Smith O’Brien, Newcastle West.
Plans are also available for inspection at mypoint.limerick.ie.
Submissions and observations in relation to the proposed development, dealing with proper planning and sustainable development, can be made in writing to the Planning, Environment, and Place Making Department, Limerick City and County Council Offices, Dooradoyle Road, Limerick, V94 WV78, via email on [email protected], or online at mypoint.limerick.ie.
Submissions must be received on or before 4pm on the June 12.