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Two sites under consideration for second Clare NCT centre

CLARE still has only one NCT centre, but work is underway to put a second one in place according to the Road Safety Authority’s Chief Operations Officer Brendan Walsh. There had been plans for one in Shannon but they fell through and Clare TD Michael McNamara recently put forward a parliamentary question asking for information on the provision of a new NCT centre in Shannon. He subsequently received correspondence from Mr Walsh which said, “I write further to your Dáil Question Number’s 154 in relation to the provision of a new National Car Test centre at Shannon, Co. Clare. “The provision and development of new NCT centres is a matter for the National Car Testing Service (NCTS) Contractor. “The NCTS Contractor has confirmed that following a recent advertising campaign for a suitable NCT premises in the Clare area, a number of submissions have now identified two potential sites that are currently undergoing a design and costing analysis. “It is the …

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Shannon NCT centre scrapped over ‘contractual difficulties’

A proposed new NCT that was due open in Shannon will now not be developed. The National Car Testing Service (NCTS) has confirmed that the development has been halted “due to significant contractual difficulties”, and that “alternative locations in the area are being sourced”. Independent Clare TD Michael McNamara, who received the news in response to a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Transport, said it would come as a disappointment to the people of the town and the wider south and south-east Clare area. “Construction work on the new centre had already commenced at the Smithstown Industrial Estate as far back as last summer, including the erecting of the centre’s steel structure, and it was expected that the centre would be operational by the end of last year,” said the deputy. “This is very disappointing news as it would have inevitably contributed to reduced waiting times for tests at Clare’s only other operational centre in Ennis.” Deputy McNamara said …

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