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Mullingar to Athlone duct

clohamon · 2014-10-01 09:20:19

The new greenway between Mullingar and Athlone is to get a fibre optic duct. In what looks like an afterthought, Westmeath County Council tendered for some of this in the last week. The tender is now closed and site engineers are waiting for the stuff to arrive. Hope it doesn't end up like the Galway Mayo duct.

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01-10-2014 10:20am

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clohamon

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The new greenway between Mullingar and Athlone is to get a fibre optic duct.

In what looks like an afterthought, Westmeath County Council tendered for some of this in the last week. The tender is now closed and site engineers are waiting for the stuff to arrive.

Hope it doesn't end up like the Galway Mayo duct.

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#2 01-10-2014 10:25am
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clohamon wrote: »

Hope it doesn't end up like the Galway Mayo duct.

It's pretty much a given that it will. If the ducting is paid for by the state, then the project is considered state-aided, and the same rules apply. Unfortunately.

That said, it's better to have ducts in the ground than not to have ducts in the ground, so it's better than nothing.

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