It isn’t going down well on social media with locals who have a passion for the “old woodenworks” but times are changing, and Wexford County Council has commenced repairs to Wexford town’s much-loved and well-used quay front.
In the mid-1990’s, an extensive area of decking was installed along Wexford’s quayfront as part of the Wexford Main Drainage Scheme. The exposed nature of the location has, however, given rise in recent years to significant deterioration of sections of the decking itself and the supporting timbers beneath.
The effect of this deterioration has been to distort and damage the wooden decking walking surface resulting in several trip and fall incidents reported by members of the public.
In response, the Council has commenced the repair of a portion of the walkway worst affected, measuring some 300 linear metres and located between Wexford Bridge and Custom House Quay.

WEXFORD’S QUAY FRONT is undergoing repairs, but not everybody in Wexford is happy at the replacement of timber with tarmac.

The wooden decking and supporting timbers in this area are being removed, to be replaced with a tarmac base which will then be overlaid with a resin-bonded stone chip surface, making the area safe to use once again for the thousands of pedestrians who enjoy the amenity on a regular basis.
The new resin-bonded surface is like that currently in use in many outdoor urban centres in Ireland and abroad.
It is weather resistant, visually appealing, and highly suited to use by pedestrians of all levels of mobility. It is also very suitable for use by wheelchairs, prams, buggies etc.
Timbers removed from the area will be recycled where possible, with those least damaged to be retained for use in repairing other sections of the boardwalk area.