A BUSY footbridge in Ennis remains closed for “essential maintenance”.
Pedestrians have been unable to access Abbey Street car park from Harmony Row for the past three weeks, a route navigated by hundreds of Ennis students daily as they make their way into the town centre.
Repairs to the bridge have been underway with crews on site. The bridge is in private ownership, Clare County Council confirmed. “The pedestrian bridge linking Abbey Street Carpark and the Rowan Tree (beside the Abbey Hostel) is in private ownership and is not in the possession of Clare County Council. The owner of the structure has closed the bridge for essential maintenance,” a spokesperson for the County Council told The Clare Echo.
The footbridge crosses the River Fergus and it was built in 2009 at a cost €350,000. It is considered a safer and alternative route for pedestrians to Club Bridge which has narrow pathways.
