Heritage Regeneration Works for Church Street/Emmet Place
Photo by: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Issued for your information by Liam Ryan Town Clerk on behalf of Youghal Town Council - Contract €500,000 (6 Months) Commencing May 12th 2008
A meeting by the contractor with local residents will be held prior to work commencing with the latest Heritage Regeneration of Church St/Emmet Place. One week ahead of work commencing, Youghal Local Radio, the local Fire Brigade, Ambulance Service, Doctors and Manager of Shalom House, Refuse Collectors, and Suppliers of Fuels (coal and Oil) etc., will be informed that the street will be closed, at the junction with North Main St., and will be updated on an ongoing basis. Excavating will commence at the junction of Church St. North Main St. and connections will be carried out at this location, to ensure that levels are correct.
A road crossing will be excavated for connections to existing services on the east side of North Main St. Work will then continue up along Church St. and reinstatement with wet mix will be in place for a period of weeks, for compaction, and to allow the paving to be carried out up to the front of Shalom House. When work has been carried out past Shalom House, access to services and egress will be changed from Emmet Place to North Main St., and that Emmet Place/Church St. junction will be closed, to continue the upgrading along there.
Pedestrian access will be maintained by means of a temporary footbridge, past the excavations for local residents only. People with disabilities with receive special assistance during these works. The work will be fenced at all times with barriers, cones and warning tape, and every effort will be made to keep the area safe for residents.
Experienced staff will operate all machinery on site. Noise and dust levels will be kept to a minimum, and where possible all cutting and grinding of materials will be carried out off site. Disruption of water supply will be kept to a minimum. While no definite time scale can be given, due to the nature of the work, it is hoped that it should be completed within six months.
It is proposed that Church St. will be closed during the entire duration of the work. Work will commence at the junction of North Main St and Church St. Access to Shalom House will be via Emmett Place/Church St. While work is continuing towards St. Mary’s Terrace, advance warning signs will be erected on North Main St, and on Ashe Street, at convenient locations, to warn motorists/pedestrians, that a section of Church St. will be closed. This is marked with X on attached map. A turntable will be maintained at the junction of Emmett St./Church St. to enable vehicles to turn back along Emmett St.
Parking will be prohibited at this junction during the works. Marked as a black circle O on the map. Traffic will be reduced to one lane on North Main St. on the west side of it’s junction with Church St., for most of the works, for safety of pedestrians and works, to allow safe access and egress from Church St. Parking along De Velera St. during the works will be prohibited, as it will be the main route for the access to Emmett St/Church St. by construction vehicles and local traffic.
It would be hoped that only local residents would be the only pedestrians in the vicinity of the road works, at all times to avoid injury and delays to the work schedule. When construction work is completed past St. Mary’s Terrace, access over the new limestone surface will be maintained to Shalom House, and to the east side of Church St. Signs, to advise people of this change of situation, will be erected.
Prior to the works, during the works, and at any stage if something unplanned for occurs, the following services will be notified of the situation regarding access- the Local Radio, Ambulance, Fire service, County Council Staff, Refuse collection service, Taxi service, Doctor’s surgery, and carers of persons resident on the street.
Any advice or help in these matters will be welcome, in order to allow work to proceed quickly and safely.
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