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Tralee and Flooding

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:53:37 +0000

Tralee escaped, most of Tralee at any rate, the worst of the flooding this August. This is largely due to the foresight of [Tralee UDC, Engineers and Business people] in the past when the Big River was diverted and culverted. For decades the centre of town flooded frequently – causeing damage and chaos.
Flooding elsewhere in the country can be blamed primarily on planners who alloweed often greedy developers to build on soakage area. These soakage areas took the rainfall over long periods. The water took much time to reach the drains, streams and rivers which were able to deal with this.
Today in many areas the rainfall which no longer saocks into the areas, because they are built on. This water is moving swiftly into drains, streams and rivers – water levels rise rapidly in the rivers which cannot deal with it in such a short period of time.

Ballybeggan Horse racing

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:45:13 +0000

Now that Kerry County Council has restricted the proposed development in Ballybeggan Racecourse will the project go ahead?
It is probably a good move for the GAA to vacate Austin Stack’s Park, if only to make match days safer on the roads for patrons and to free-up that area of town. But in the current economic climate is it really likely that this project will go ahead?

Ashe Street – Paving ‘failure’!

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:37:41 +0000

The paving of Ashe St. Tralee which inconvenienced traders for months in 2006 has proven to have failed. Walk along the street and experience the uneven surface, drive along the street and experience the uneven surface. At what cost to gain an eneven surface? At what inconvenience to traders and consumers? Who will pay for remedial works? What further inconveniences?

Oil Price

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:32 +0000

Today’s oil price $123 – wait to fill home heating tank – price has dropped almost each day since peak price of $147 on 11th July last

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Tralee Times August 2008

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