Huge volume of submissions to delay road plans

CLOSE to 300 submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála on the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway - more than twice the anticipated tally.

The sheer volume of submissions on the compulsory purchase of lands for the 64km route and an Environmental Impact Study on the road plan will delay the planning process by at least a month, a senior official with the Bord said.

“We have received a huge volume of submissions and will be processing them over the coming days. Over 100 submissions have come in on both the CPO and the EIS. There have been slightly more submissions on the CPO side.