As the Connacht Tribune reports, the Galway Harbour Company is still waiting for a decision on its planning application to extend the port – almost nine years after it was lodged.
The delay is holding back the economic potential of the port, according to a statement by Chairman Maurice O’Gorman in the company’s recently published accounts for 2021.
The harbour is ‘turning away business’ because of size and access restrictions that are to be addressed by the extension if it’s given the go-ahead, he said.
The Directors’ Report warns that the proposed extension is “essential if the port’s economic future is to be sustained and grown”.
“In the absence of the port expansion, a question mark will arise over the future economic viability of the port and its ability to grow its core business,” directors said.
Another risk identified in the absence of port expansion is that it would limit its ability to attract new business “on an equal competitive basis with other ports”.
More here on the deveploment from the west coast port.
