Anger at plans to shut car park in heart of tourism hot-spot Clonakilty

Traders will meeting representatives of the Office of Public Works tomorrow to discuss the potential impact of plans to close a car park in the heart of tourism hot-spot Clonakilty next summer.

The Kent Street Car Park, behind the library and just off Spiller’s Lane will be closed to facilitate work on part of a much-needed flood defence wall, which, it is planned, will eventually run from the Supervalu roundabout just outside the town all the way to the local church.

The first tranche of the work will take place at the 80-space car park in the heart of the town. However, it has emerged that the OPW also proposes using this space to store machinery among other things, thus closing it off to the public from May to September of this year — right throughout the town’s high tourism season.