The Galway City Council has signed a €7 million contract with Coffey Construction Ltd for the long awaited upgrading of the Seamus Quirke Road, according to Fine Gael councillor Pádraig Conneely.
Cllr Conneely said the news was announced at a meeting of the council’s corporate policy group on Monday.
According to Cllr Conneely, work will start at the end of September and take 14 months to complete. He added that as the new four-lane road will impact on the Westside pitches, €500,000 will be allocated from the Roads Fund to reconfigure and upgrade them.
A contractor will also be appointed to carry out the enhancement works for the pitches. Other elements of the scheme will bring the total cost to €9/10 million.
