The Galway County Council (hereinafter referred to as the Local Authority) in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 76 of the Housing Act, 1966, and the Third Schedule thereto, as extended by section 10 of the Local Government (No. 2) Act, 1960 as substituted by section 86 of the Housing Act, 1966 as amended by section 6 and the Second Schedule to the Roads Act, 1993 and as amended by Section 222 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and pursuant to the powers conferred on them by the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2004 and in particular Section 213 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, and pursuant to the powers conferred upon them by an agreement dated 28thof June 2004 between Galway County Council and Galway City Council under section 85 of the Local Government Act 2001 has made an order entitled as above which is about to be submitted to An Bord Pleanála (hereinafter called “The Board”) for confirmation. If confirmed, the order will authorise the Local Authority to acquire compulsorily the land described in the First Schedule hereto for the purpose of facilitating the construction of a National Primary Road known as the N6 Galway City Outer Bypass.
Owners, lessees and occupiers of the land described in the Schedule will receive individual written notice.
The order will also authorise the Local Authority under Section 10 of the Local Government ( No 2 ) Act 1960 (as inserted by Section 86 of the Housing Act 1966 and as amended by Section 6 and the Second Schedule of the Roads Act 1993 and by Section 222 of the Planning and Development Act 2000) to extinguish the public rights of way described in the Second Schedule hereto, by order made by them after they have acquired the land, where said public rights of way is over the land so acquired or any part thereof, or over land adjacent to or associated with the land so acquired or any part thereof.
Any objections to the extinguishing of the said public right of way should be made in writing to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 by no later than 5.00 p.m. on Friday the 2nd February 2007.
The Board cannot confirm:
(a) a compulsory purchase order in respect of the land if an objection is made in respect of the acquisition by an owner, lessee or occupier of the land, and not withdrawn,
(b) an order which authorises the extinguishment of a public right of way if there is an objection to the extinguishment, which is not withdrawn,
until it has caused to be held an oral hearing into the matter and until it has considered the objection and the report of the person who held the oral hearing. An environmental impact statement, for which separate public notice has been given, has been prepared in respect of the development which it is proposed to carry out on the land. Evidence in relation to the likely effects on the environment of the proposed development may also be heard at the oral hearing.
A copy of the order and of the map referred to in it may be seen at:
The Offices of Galway County Council, Áras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway
The Offices of Galway City Council, City Hall, College Road, Galway.
The Offices of Galway County Council, Oranmore Area Office, Lackagh, Turloughmore, Co Galway.
between the hours of 9.30a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays from the 11th of December 2006 to the 19th of January 2007 inclusive, excluding public holidays.
