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Turoe / Knocknadala Royal Complex of Heritage Sites
Galway County Council Heritage Manager informed
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Marie Mannion (Galway Co. Council Heritage Manager)
Galway County Council Senior Staff Officer
informed ...
Mr.
Enda Cannon (Senior Staff Officer, National Roads Authority,
Galway County Council)
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From:
William Finnerty
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: Fw: Clarifications/Corrections >>> Re: Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) Information & N6 Roadway Upgrade
Dear Mr. Cannon,
Thank you for your very helpful reply.
I have now copied your information to all
members of the Turoe Celtic Society who have e-mail addresses. Please
see further down.
As the list of members is confidential I
have withheld all details from the text below.
Kind regards,
Billy Finnerty.
----- Original Message -----
From:
William Finnerty
To: <<< Members of The Turoe Celtic Society >>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:33 PM
Subject: Clarifications/Corrections >>> Re: Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) Information & N6 Roadway Upgrade
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Please note corrections below from Mr Enda
Cannon (National Roads Design Office)
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----- Original Message -----
From:
Enda Cannon
To:
William Finnerty
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: RE: N6 Roadway Upgrade / Turoe & Knocknadala Heritage
sites
Dear Mr
Finnerty,
Please accept
my apologies for not responding to you yesterday.
I can confirm
that your understanding of the information I gave you is correct, with
the following clarifications;
1. A number
of possible corridors for the road were identified in the Constraints
Study Report. The process by which the preferred route emerged is
documented in the Route Selection Report.
3. It is more correct to speak
of an 'Environmental Impact Statement' (EIS), which is the term used in
the relevant legislation rather than 'Environmental Impact Assessment'
(EIA), which tends to be used for non-statutory environmental
assessments.
5. An Board
Pleanala's decision can be appealed to the High Court, although the
right of appeal may be limited to a point of law. As I am unclear on
this issue I suggest that if you need further clarification on this
point you should seek legal advice.
I hope that
the above clarifies these issues but if you have any further queries
feel free to contact me.
I have also
forwarded to you the section of the Route Selection Report analysing the
responses to the first public consultation, as discussed, which clearly
illustrates that the responses were analysed both as a whole and in
categories, thus illustrating that the allegation that half the
responses were 'rejected' was without foundation.
Regards,
Enda Cannon,
Senior Staff
Officer,
National
Roads Design Office,
Galway County
Council.
EndaCannon
----- Original Message -----
From:
William Finnerty
Cc:
Marie Mannion (Galway Co. Council Heritage Manager) ;
Michael Gibbons (Archaeologist) ;
Fionnaula Lynch (Heritage Council)
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:56 PM
Subject: N6 Roadway Upgrade / Turoe & Knocknadala Heritage
sites
Dear Mr. Cannon,
Thank you very much for the helpful
information you provided me with this morning when I called at your
Corporation House office in Ballybrit Business Park.
As I informed you, I was tasked by the
recently formed "Turoe Celtic Society" group (at a business meeting
yesterday evening) to try to find out what the exact situation is
regarding the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) for the planned N6
Roadway Upgrade which is at present scheduled to go through the
Turoe & Knocknadala area of East Galway.
Following our discussion this morning,
my understanding of the situation is as follows:
1) In the wake of a "Constraint Study"
carried out some time ago, a "Preferred Route" has emerged; and,
directly associated with this, there now exists a large set of
documents which is called "The Route Selection Report". Members of
the public can see this report (which includes detailed maps) by
calling at your office.
2) As stated on the August 22nd 2003
edition of the Connacht Tribune Newspaper, it is the intention of
Galway County Council at the present time to go to the "Compulsory
Purchase Order" (CPO) stage sometime around the end of this year.
Details will be announced in the local newspapers at the time this
takes place.
3) The Environment Impact Assessment
(EIA) will appear at the same time as the CPO information, and both
will be put on public display for a minimum period of 28 days.
During the 28 day period the EIA and CPO information is on public
display, and for an additional period of 14 days after they are
taken off public display, members of the public will be able to make
submissions to your office relating to either (or both) the EIA and
the CPOs.
4) Objections relating to the EIA and/or
the CPOs will be dealt with by "oral hearing" which will be chaired
by an independant inspector who reports to Bord Planala.
5) Anybody who is dissatisfied with Bord
Planala decisions will have the right to appeal to the High Court.
If I am in error regarding my present
understanding of the situation set out under 1) to 5) above, it
would be much appreciated if you could correct me as soon as
possible please.
Some basic information relating to the
heritage sites which the Turoe Celtic Society wishes to protect in
the Turoe & Knocknadala area can be found at the following Internet
page addresses:
and
You may find it useful to know that
copies of the new book (titled "Turoe & Athenry: Ancient Capitals of
Celtic Ireland") referred to on the above Internet pages were
handed to the three people named below at the Heritage Awards
Ceremony held in Clarinbridge last Thursday (i.e. September 11th
2003):
Ms. Marie Mannion (Galway County Council
Heritage Officer);
Ms. Fionnula Lynch (Heritage Council of
Ireland); and,
Mr. Michael Gibbons (Archaeologist).
As I mentioned to you today, there is
a LOT of concern in our group regarding the contents of
the "Sorry, you've sent that in the wrong envelope" article I
handed to you this morning. The full text of the "Telling it like
it is" publication which the article in question came from, plus
two others on the subject of road design in Ireland, can be found
through the following Internet page:
As I trust you will fully understand,
there is also a lot of concern in our group regarding the "final
written warning due to shortcomings in the Irish legislation
governing EIAs" which is reported in the EU Institutions Press
Release dated July 22nd 2003. The publication in question can be
seen at the following Internet page address:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/03/1070|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display
Finally, it is my understanding (from
what you told me) that the Galway County Council Project
Archaeologist for the planned N6 Upgrade is Mr Gerry O' Sullivan.
Should you feel that it might help to protect the sites mentioned
in the above mentioned book (by Fr. Tom O'Connor), please feel
free to copy this e-mail to him - or indeed to any of your
colleagues in Galway County Council who you believe may be able to
help with this particular matter.
Sincerely,
William Finnerty.
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