Road improvements at Terminus Street/Sallypark have been raised with my Department by Waterford Corporation in the context of the new port development at Bellevue and a feasibility study, prepared by consultants appointed by the corporation, has been received. The corporation are currently seeking the advice of a further consultant with regard to complementary traffic management measures that will be needed at both ends of Rice Bridge. When this report is received, the overall project will be considered for road grant financing.
The corporation have also raised the question of constructing a high level bridge, which was the subject of a bridge order application in the seventies and associated roads. It is not evident, however, that a further bridge will be required to cater for national route traffic in Waterford city in the short to medium term. Neither is it accepted that any national route by-pass that might be required in the longer term would necessarily use the alignment of the high level bridge proposal submitted in the seventies. The Corporation have been so informed.