Councillors vote down bridge
16 Dec 1994TEMPLE Bar Properties’ controversial Poddle pedestrian bridge was torpedoed by Dublin city councillors at last night’s full monthly meeting of the council when they failed to give the project the necessary three-quarters backing.
Most of the councillors present, 24 to 18, actually approved the copper-topped bridge, a model of which went on display to Dubliners in City Hall last month. However, as the building of the bridge would have been a material contravention of the city’s Development Plan, approval by at least three-quarters of the councillors was necessary.
The vote effectively kills the proposal. However, a number of councillors said last night that they might approve a bridge at the site linking Wellington and Ormond quays if there was a new design.
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