Coole Park bat roosts to cost €90,000

THE money spent on renovating a derelict house and the construction of an underground chamber to protect bats at Coole Park along the route of the next phase of the Atlantic Corridor is to come to €90,000.

Construction on the €530 million Gort-Tuam route is due to commence next year under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme that will add a further 57km of high-quality roadway on the Corridor route.

However, before any roadworks can start in the Coole Park area north of Gort in south Co Galway, measures to protect the local bat population must be put in place.