What’s the story with the walkway at The Square?

Beside the Square Towncentre in Tallaght, and adjacent to McDonalds, there is walkway that is use quite heavily be pedestrians.
Well it was, until it was closed off weeks ago, for a major refurbishment.
This has meant that people have to make a detour past the Garda Station and ads around six minutes to your journey.

The Walkway as it used to look

It has also deprived pedestrians of shelter when caught in a sudden downpour.

It must be at least 7 weeks ago now since the walkway was shut off, and the original structure removed, in advance of being replaced by the new design.
Yet as I walked around it on Sunday, it looked to me like barely anything had been done for weeks.

 

Photo (c) Seán Heffernan.

Now I could be wrong, and more earth works etc could have taken place, but surely with an army of men working on the project, the job should have been well finished by now?
I would love to know what is holding the whole process up?
As a highly utilised public amenity it needs to be completed and re-opened ASAP.

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