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info@eastcorkjournal.ie Midleton Town Enhancement to Be Complete By 2019


by SEAMUS WHELEHAN


The stalled redevelop-


ment of Midleton Town Centre is due to recom- mence early 2018. The news comes after Cllr Michael Hegarty request a report on the stalled works at the July sitting of the East Cork Municipality. In 2014 the


former Town Council had set


aside €2.3 million for the enhancement of the Main Street, re-altering the balance between mo- torist and pedestrian. Phase one was com- pleted on the Eastern


end of


North the


town, however due to a recruitment


embargo


alterations to phase two of the scheme had to be shelved. While the car will not banished from the


be


main street entirely, it’s hoped the face lift will at- tract shoppers and tour- ists back into the centre. At the September sit-


ting of the borough, Ex- ecutive Clerical Officer, Joe McCarthy confirmed the second phase of the Main Street,


repaving


and Enhancement of pe- destrian facilities will go to tender shortly. Ray Keane and As- sociates Consulting En-


gineers have in been ap-


pointed to finalise phase two drawings, tender documents, and tender assessment


addition


to the supervision of the project. The public will not be consulted on the gramme


of works as


the public consultation stage of the scheme was finalised in 2013 by the former Midleton Town Council.


pro-


Thursday, 28th


September 2017


No Funds for East Cork Municipality To Adopt Its Own Safety Standardsa


by SEAMUS WHELEHAN


Continued from front page “If people are


ap-


proaching, some vehicles won’t give way. You also have other motorists over- taking on the inside lane when vehicles do stop to leave pedestrians cross.” She said “There is no signage at the Saleen side to warn oncoming traffic, and the signage on the Midleton side of Ballina- curra is sandwiched be- tween Castleredmond and the Ballinacurra grotto en- trance.” Senior Engineer, Cork


Roads, David Clarke said he would carry out an im- mediate review of signage and address any deficien- cies.


leton / Whitegate Traffic Management


• Midleton Main Street where €2million has been set aside for enhancement


tions and the provision of pedestrian footpaths from


Cobh And Youghal Win Gold At This Year’s Tidy Towns Awards Ceremony


by ALAN SHEEHAN Continued from front page


A statement released by Cobh Tidy Towns read: “It has taken years


of persis-


tence, planning and hard work but we are delighted with today’s news in Dublin that Cobh has been award- ed our 3rd


National Tidy Towns Com- petition in Category F. The result comes about following the submission of an exten-


sive report covering work


undertaken in Cobh from June 2016 to June 2017 and an unannounced visit from an adjudicator over the sum- mer months.” The Statement


thanked Gold Medal in the


all the local groups and in- dividuals for their hard work in supporting the efforts of Cobh Tidy Towns, before concluding: “You can see the third Gold medal is a com- munity collaboration. We achieved 323 points, only


nine behind the winning


town, Birdhill. We came 3rd in South Cork Region after Ballincollig at 327 and Kin- sale at 324. The National Title is within our grasp. Onwards and upwards for Cobh. Thank you.”


Youghal Tidy Towns won


their first Gold medal in Cat- egory E (population between 5,001 and 10,000) by ex- ceeding their last year’s score by seven points to finish on


318 points. “We won gold for the first


time,” said Ned Brennan, Chairman of Youghal Tidy Towns. “We got 311 points so we were up six from last year. We are absolutely de- lighted to have reached that level now. There is a great amount of cooperation in Youghal between Youghal Tidy Towns, Cork County Council, the East Cork Mu- nicipality and the Chamber of Commerce.


Everybody


worked hard together and we


are delighted to have


achieved this Award.” The


National Award


winner was Birdhill in Co. Tipperary with 332 marks, winning both the


trophy


and €10,000. This year proves that Youghal, as well as Cobh, are within range to compete for the Nation- al Award during next year’s competition. “I would like to pay


tribute to my volunteer col- leagues in Tidy Towns,” said Mr Brennan, “who worked selflessly for 29 years in pursuit of a National Tidy Towns title for Youghal. We are


seven or eight gether with the points


away from that, and I hope everyone


now comes to- goal of


bringing the national title to Youghal.” It was a marked improve-


ment across the board for East


Cork’s Tidy Towns


groups. Killeagh Tidy Towns beat their previous score by five points, Mogeely topped 2016’s score of 258 with a score of 265 and Cloyne improved by ten points this year to finish on 263 points. Carrigtwohill Tidy Towns


hard work paid off with a great improvement


of 12


points for this year. Inch moved up from 234 to 245, and Ladysbridge scored 292 – beating their 2016 total by nine points.


need for traffic calming, improvements


Under the 2009 Mid- Study the to


Lakeview to Rose Hill on the Whitegate Road were identified. The report recommend- narrowing the road, of the


ed mediation hard


shoulder and the provision of a push button crossing. Cllr Noel Collins, who backed Cllr Twomey’s Mo- tion, said he has the issues regarding the pedestrian crossing well documented in County Hall. He said “what is need-


ed now is funding and ac- tion.” Cllrs Michael Hegarty


and Susan McCarthy, who have long campaigned for improvements in the area, also lent their support to the Motion. A senior Council official told the sitting “funding has not been available to further the traffic calming works beyond the dark road.” They said they are cur-


rently examining the pos- sibility of


carrying out


the works on a phased basis under low cost safety measures over a number of years.


junc-


• Members of Youghal Tidy Towns, who claimed their first gold medal in the competition this past Monday.


• Members of Cobh Tidy Towns celebrate their third gold medal in a row. Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email: info@eastcorkjournal.ie • Web: www.eastcorkjournal.ie eastcorkjournal @eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal


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