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BOND BRIDGE - STATEMENT OF FACTS

Bond Bridge was not a "deathtrap" or "accident blackspot" as has been claimed, the bridge was under traffic control and no fatalities due to road traffic accidents had occured.

The one fatality at the bridge was caused by a fallen tree. This is of no relevance to the bridge and could have occured with a modern bridge.

No major traffic problems were caused by the traffic control on the bridge, any minor delays pale into insignificance compared to the problems of the rest of the town.

The flood relief works could be done without destroying the old bridge, and indeed could have been done with the >€6m thats going into replacing it.

The development levies may be coming in but have in general been earmarked for other purposes, KCC has had to make provisions from its general budget to replace the bridge.

Specific councillors admitted after the decision went through that it might not have been the best idea but that it was "too late now" - thats an exact quote.

The bridge is not being "redeveloped" or "reconstructed", it is being replaced. Originally we were told that the original bridge material would be salvaged and stored for future reconstruction elsewhere, but it now seems that this plan has been scrapped.

People can continue trying to push through a specific POV, but those are the direct facts.