OPW says price of 356k bike shed would’ve been ‘far, far lower’ at initially proposed location [Video]

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THE CHAIRPERSON OF the Office of Public Works (OPW) John Conlon has said the cost €336,000 bike shelter at Leinster House in Dublin would’ve been “far, far lower” if it were constructed at the location it initially proposed.

During a meeting of the Oireachtas Finance Committee today, People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett asked if there was any truth to reports that the OPW had originally proposed that the project be located at a different area of the campus.

Conlon confirmed that the OPW had originally planned for the bike shelter to be placed next to the Members’ Restaurant on the Leinster House campus but the proposal was rejected over security concerns.

The new bike shelter is placed at the back of the campus and is viewable from the public footpath at the entrance of Leinster House on Merrion Street Upper in the city centre.

The Bike Shelter as …