Tipperary County Council have published a planning application to install a footpath over a distance of 950 meters on the Mill Road in Thurles.
The path will be 1.8m wide and will link from the end of the existing path on the Mill Road to the Bridge crossing the Drish River at Lady’s Well. The council’s planning application notes that while the Mill Road is a local road connecting the N75 to the north and the N62 via Archerstown to the south it also serves as a ‘rat run’ for vehicles avoiding Thurles town seeking to access the national routes and also access the N62 north of Thurles via Rossestown.
The main objective of the project is to provide a safe walking area for pedestrians both within the 50kph zone and extending to Lady’s Well. Many walkers use the recently upgraded paths along the banks of the River Drish and River Suir to reach Turtulla on the N62 to make a looped walk via that roadway. It will also allow children to access the Thurles Gaels GAA facility without the necessity for vehicles to drop and collect children.
The plans are on display until August 23rd at the council office in Thurles, Nenagh and Clonmel and also available online on the council website under the consultation tab at this link here (please scroll down to end of page to view the documentation). The project also involves some new boundary fencing, native hedge planting, drainage and information signage opposite O’Driscoll’s Garden Centre on the Mill Road.
Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development can be made free of charge until 4.30pm on Friday August 6pm. The council recently purchased land in the area to deliver the Thurles Inner Relief Road and the delivery of the footpath is understood to have been a component of the land deal.
