HSE WEST HOLDS OFF ON CONTROVERSIAL SHANTALLA CAR PARK

Date Published: 07-Jan-2008

The HSE West has decided to hold off from lodging controversial plans to build a new car park in Shantalla. Hospital management have not yet lodged a planning application to the city council to develop 164 extra car parking spaces in Shantalla Neighbourhood Park.The HSE had previously indicated it would have to have had lodged plans by the end of December in order to avail of Government funds to be spent this year [08]But the City council planning department has confirmed they haven't received any plans relating to the matter. The proposed car park has been controversial among Shantalla residents who wish to protect the residential area from hospital traffic.Spokesperson for the Shantalla Resident's Association Cllr Colette Connolly has told Galway Bay FM news that the HSE has agreed not to lodge any plans before a second public consultation meeting tomorrow