Sir – The repaving of Dublin’s Grafton Street, at a cost of €2.5 million, is, as well as being another untimely disruption – for a year and a half! – nothing short of an outrageous waste of money. The same is happening in Kilkenny where the pavements, laid only a few years ago, are being replaced on the main shopping area in the High Street.
These unnecessary “projects” are an insult to the businesses that are trying to survive in the current economic climate. Our councils are supposed to help rather than hinder business and could surely find better use for the very high rates paid each year. If they are flush with money and really want to help, then the better option would surely be to reduce the amounts paid by us hard-pressed ratepayers. – Yours, etc,
ANNE RYAN
High Street,
Kilkenny.