SEVERAL ROADS in Ennis town centre are to be closed for the majority of 2024.
Proposed closures on O’Connell Street and High Street are to facilitate works on the multi-million euro Ennis Public Realm Regeneration Project. This will be one of the largest public infrastructure projects to be undertaken in Ennis in decades.
Clare County Council in a public notice confirmed that High Street, from Harvey’s Quay/Salt House Lane to Bank Place/O’ Connell Square, will be closed to all traffic from January 8 to July 31. There will be no through road from Abbey Street to O’Connell Street for the duration of the closure.
From January 8th to December 21st, O’Connell Street will be shut to traffic from O’Connell Square to Station Rd.
A similar closure, from the Old Barrack Street junction to Carmody Street junction, will be in place until April 26.
There will be no through road via Salt House Lane to Bank Place/O’Connell Square for the duration of the closure, traffic will be diverted from Harvey’s Quay via Old Friary Lane.
Funded under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) with 25% match funding from Clare County Council, the project will be delivered in phases to minimise disruption to local business.
A total of €8,744,275 has been approved for Project B of the Ennis Public Realm Regeneration Strategy, following the successful delivery of significant public realm enhancements at Parnell Street, and town laneways and bye-ways in 2020 and 2021
Pedestrian and service access will be facilitated at all times and affected businesses and residents will be kept informed throughout the construction period.
The works are due to be completed in late 2025 and Uisce Éireann is funding the delivery of the foul sewer upgrade.
Phase 1 of the works, which are being undertaken by Shareridge Ltd, entail the upgrading of footways and kerbs with high quality surface materials, undergrounding of cables, improved wall-mounted street lighting and replacement of large sections of the Uisce Éireann foul sewer. The works will focus on the area extending from the junction of Old Barrack Street and O’Connell Street to Carmody Street.
This phase is planned for completion in April 2024 and is currently under a five-week pause in works until early January to promote Christmas and New Year trade.
