April opening for multi-storey car park refurb

The refurbishment of the multi-storey carpark in Cavan Town is expected to be complete early in the New Year with an reopening to the public planned for April 2025.

Local firm McCabe Group from Ballyjamesduff was appointed to carry out the €4 million repairs earlier this year.

The parking structure closed to the public in May 2023 to facilitate the necessary project. It was the first major construction investment on the property since it was built in 2001. The council previously confirmed that “major structural elements” of the planned works would include the “replacement of weakened structural steel members in the internal ramps”, followed by sand blasting the entire structural steel frame back to bare steel.

A new traffic management system, as well as modern pay stations that will accept cash, cards and tap-and-pay facilities, are also set to be installed; while two existing passenger lifts will be replaced, together with an “upgrade to all other electrical and mechanical services”. The project has a nine-month contract period.The council currently pays annual charges for the carpark in the region of €166,000 on a loan agreement signed in 2015.