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MEATH COUNTY BOARD has put out a call for interested parties to design a new stand for the county’s main stadium in Navan.
A tender competition was launched last week by the county board seeking submissions to design a new north stand for Pairc Tailteann, in place of the existing terrace.
Plans to redevelop the famous old ground, originally constructed in 1935, were first approved in February of this year, with the county board receiving planning permission to construct a new 21,000 capacity stadium on the site.
The tender launched last Thursday for the first phase of the redevelopment is calling for expressions of interest from relevant parties to be submitted by this Friday, 31 August.
From there the county board will seek a shortlist of eight contractors.
The new stand is slated to have between 4,000 and 7,000 seats as its capacity, and will be constructed in one or two phases.
Meanwhile, the overall budget for the redevelopment is understood to be in the region of €20 million, with Meath’s more-than-50 clubs giving their backing for the scheme following the granting of planning permission earlier this year.
The ground’s current stand sits on the opposite side of the pitch to the main terrace. Both ends of the ground, which are neither terraced nor contain seating, are currently considered to be out-of-bounds for health and safety reasons.
The new tender will incorporate the (optional) construction of new terracing, pitch lighting, car park facilities, and works to the existing stand.
Pairc Tailteann currently has a capacity of in the region of 15,000.
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Its all very well giving out when drivers are looking for higher pay and when routes are being changed, but often times these changes are to make the route more efficient, thus saving money, and hopefully keeping fares down. This happened on the 46a about 6 years ago. It used to go through Monkstown Farm and Stillorgan village on its route from Dun Laoghaire to town which used to add at least 20 and at worst 35 mins to the journey due to small roads, high traffic areas. Since they moved it to Kill Lane it has been much more predictable and faster. There was uproar at the time, but people adapted as they do and life went on. You can’t have it both ways. In a way its good to see them trying new things. As much as public transport can be the worst in Ireland, they certainly can’t please everyone.
There’s still a militant faction fighting for the 46a to be reinstated, we haven’t gone away you know!
when one person operated bus service began passengers were told it would keep costs down..Bus fares have gone up to where it would be cheaper to get 4 people to share a taxi .With the price of diesel dropping there was no reduction in bus fares WHY.these rout Street es are for the benifit of the general public not for Dublin bus to change as they see fit They changed the 27a and the nearest drop of point for the city centre is Aimien Street Talbot junction this means if you work in O Connell Street OR Henery Street you have a long walk and in this country with rain ever y other day you are soaked before you start work at all It is time that Dublin bus gave better consideration to its paying passengers and give them a fair crack of the whip for a change
This Dublin sure joe Duffy will sort it out by doing full programme on it with taxpayer money
This is the reason why we shouldn’t be banning cars from Dublin city. Unlike most other countries, Ireland’s public transport gets worse with time.
Then to get to Santry you’ll need to get 2 buses; a bus to get the 17 and then the 17a if you are coming from the vicinity of the 27b. Plenty of pensioners use the 27b from in and around the 2 miles that will be lost.
A lot of people seem to want it both ways, complain about Dublin bus not being profit orientated enough and then complain when routes that regularly have buses with no one on them are changed
Do not blame the drivers as it is them who bring in the moneyWhat is wrong in Dublin bus is it is top heavy too many chiefs and nothing to show for it.Yoy dont see these higher ups getting up at 4 AM TO START WORK. Years ago the old cie ran buses into town in order to get passengers you travelled free into town and paid full fare back this was done on off peak times you could hardly get a seat then With start by fares going trough the roof and a reduction in diesel prices but no reduction in fares so Dublin Bus start by giving the passengers a better deal
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