First steps in town centre inner link road

By Sean Moriarty

Kerry County Council is taking its first steps on the provision of a new inner link road in the town centre.

Last month the Killarney Advertiser unveiled plans to link New Street and High Street via a new Bohereen-Na-Goun.

The idea is that traffic on New St could access the top of High St via the Monsignor O’Flaherty Road without having to go through the town centre. The proposed inner link road includes sections of Bohereen-Na-Goun.

The proposal is subject to land acquisition by Kerry County Council and other statutory requirements like planning permission and the local authority has published Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO) on properties needed to build the road.

“If confirmed, the Order will authorise the Local Authority to acquire compulsorily, the lands, easements and rights-of-way at Bohereen-Na-Goun to Monsignor O’Flaherty Road [as per map],” said a Council document.