Plans for the construction of a new fire station in Loughrea have taken a step forward with a ruling from An Bord Pleanála.
It is intended to build a new fire station for Loughrea on a greenfield site on the west side of town, across from the Lough Rea Hotel & Spa.
The county council gave notice of the intent to build a fire station at St Lawrencesfields, Loughrea last September.
The project would also involve site clearance works, a training tower, signage, landscaping, parking, connections to existing services, public footpaths, and other site works.
The county council determined that an Environmental Impact Assessment was not needed after conducting a screening process.
However, Atlantic Troy Ltd then submitted a request to the Board to consider whether an Environmental Impact Assessment Report was required for this development.
The Board ruled this month that the development “would not be likely to have significant effects on the environment”, and that an EIAR was therefore not needed.
This isn’t the only new fire station being built in Galway County. Work on a new €2.5 million station in Athenry got underway in March.
This new station will consist of 361sqm, single storey building, with garage space for three fire trucks, along with equipment storage areas and other facilities.
It is expected that this project will take a total of 10 months to complete.
