THE Workplace of Public Works (OPW) has acknowledged that the outdated Wexford Garda Station constructing on Roche’s Highway, which has been empty and falling into dereliction since 2017, is to be bought by public public sale “within the coming weeks”.
he constructing has turn out to be an actual eyesore within the city centre and at one level the OPW needed to be pressured to take motion on a vermin situation with rats noticed coming and going from the location and into neighbouring properties.
This isn’t the primary time the OPW has acknowledged that the constructing can be bought. With preliminary talks with neighbouring St Brigid’s Daycare Centre having come to nothing, way back to September of 2019 the OPW acknowledged that paperwork had been being ready for the sale of the constructing.
This modified earlier this 12 months once they acknowledged that negotiations had been ongoing for “another state use” for the constructing. Nonetheless, as soon as once more these talks appear to have come to nothing and the OPW now says the constructing will probably be disposed of on the open market inside various weeks.
They acknowledged that “the social gathering has reverted to advise that they don’t want to proceed with the acquisition”.
Having been vocal on the problem previously, Unbiased councillor Leonard Kelly is feeling optimistic that this would possibly lastly deliver the saga to an in depth and produce the constructing again into use.
“For various years I’ve been working to make sure that the location of the outdated Garda Station didn’t fall into dereliction,” he stated. “We nonetheless have the legacy of the outdated hospital which is why I refused to permit the identical to occur at this location.
“In addition to pushing the OPW for the previous couple of years to maintain the location safe and clear, I’ve additionally been pushing for it to be both bought or returned to make use of by the group. Lastly it appears to be like like there will probably be correct motion in relation to the location and I’ll be completely satisfied to lastly see this attain a conclusion. It was wholly unacceptable that the OPW allowed the constructing fall right into a state of dereliction.”
