Below is a Press Release issued by the City Manager today:
For immediate publication
Ard Rí site entered on Derelict Sites Register by Waterford City Council
Waterford City Council is to take action to have the old Ard Rí Hotel site cleaned up and put in good order. The prominent multi-storey building overlooking the city has been closed for several years and has now been entered on the Derelict Sites Register by the City Council.
The Council today confirmed it will now be pursuing the owners to have works carried out ‘to remove the site from dereliction’. A formal notice specifying the works to be carried out will be served on the owners in the coming week.
City Manager, Michael Walsh, said that unfortunately, the former Ard Rí Hotel has now become ‘a blot on the landscape’ and he will, with the support of the members of Waterford City Council, pursue all avenues legally available to have the owners carry out necessary works.
Mr Walsh added that he will be reporting to the Council at next Monday’s meeting and if the owners of the Ard Rí site fail to undertake the works specified within an appropriate time, the City Council will carry out the work and seek to recover the costs from the owners.
The City Manager added that, at a time when so much work and effort is going into presenting Waterford city at its best, he is not prepared to tolerate derelict sites such as the Ard Rí.
ENDS – May 5, 2010.
3 comments:
So glad to hear that Mary, at last something being done about it..and it is a blot on the landscape as it is...things can only get better!!!!
still a blot on the landscape , mary
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whats the problem
Work has started. Should be much better in a few months.
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