Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On the location of the structure, according to the costs the cost of the bike shelter and the manufacture, supply and install comes to €121,000. So it is all the extra works around the shelter that have trebled the price. On locating the shelter quite far from where power was available, why not go to the other side of the buildings where there are EV charging points to pick up on that power? I am looking at the ways this project could have provided a bicycle shelter that would serve its purpose without incurring all of these costs. Did the OPW look at the location to assess where is closest for ducting, drainage, power and supply? The OPW seems to have chosen a very extreme location for picking up those services.