Source says that Dysart Bridge re-opening could happen soon

A SOURCE close to the construction work on Dysart Bridge confirmed a local rumour at the weekend that the bridge could be ready to open in early August.

If it happens, that would be a couple of weeks ahead of the scheduled August 25 date initially believed to be the opening date.

“The weather has been very favourable, and we’ve taken advantage of that to do an overlay of the road surface from the Garda Eugene Leonard Roundabout to Lisheenbawn Cross,” said the source.

“While every effort is being made to have the bridge open for the August bank holiday weekend, we also have to insert a five to ten percent uncertainty clause into that – to take the unforeseen into account.”

However, in spite of the reservations of the source, rumours are abound that the bridge will actually open tomorrow, Thursday, August 2.

The news of the early re-opening of the bridge will be broadly welcomed by everyone using the Killarney Road either way as a direct route to their destinations – and by the business people of the town.

It will also be a blessed relief to the people who live along the Camp Road.

They have been inundated with diverted traffic since the closure of the old bridge on May 25 this year. Though there were many minor scrapes and close shaves on some of the back roads in the area since the closure of the bridge, nothing major was reported in spite of the volume of traffic these roads had to cope with.

Photo by John Reidy. An update from this afternoon as Dysart Bridge is being prepared for its early August re-opening date.