Residents of Waterford village ‘prisoners in their own house’ during All Together Now
All Together Now is taking place at Curraghmore Estate near Portlaw this weekend
Residents of a village in County Waterford are “prisoners in their own homes” during the All Together Now Festival, a council meeting has heard.
The issues facing Portlaw residents were raised by independent councillor Declan Clune at the July meeting of the Comeragh District.
Cllr Clune said: “At Clonegam, the residents have contacted me because they’re essentially prisoners in their own house.
“They can’t get in or out from Friday, Saturday, Sunday but particularly on Monday.
“I don’t know if we can organise some stewards or something at either end of Clonegam just for local access only.”
He also raised the issue of overgrowth of trees and bushes on road near the Curraghmore Estate.
“In Salaheen, there’s extensive overgrowth there you know of branches and there’s a huge amount of traffic from say Waterford.
“I suppose [people from] the local side, who know the area and use that to collect and drop people. It’s quite dangerous.
“I want to see if we can do something there to get those hedges cut back before the concert.”
In response to Cllr Clune, Maria Goff, Senior Engineer at Waterford City and County Council said that the traffic management plan for the festival is decided by the festival organisers.
Ms Goff added that the plan is then reviewed by the council and the gardaí to decide where additional measures are needed.
On the subject of Salaheen, she stated that it is not an official festival route.
She added that decisions had already been made around the cutting back of overgrowth.