Local Authority in Leitrim requested to provide update on LIS Schemes
The September meeting of Leitrim County Council will hear calls for the local Authority to establish the situation concerning LIS schemes in the County. Councillors are due to meet on Monday next. The waiting list for LIS schemes has grown significantly in recent years. Manorhamilton Municipal District…
Major shortfall to meet Donegal LIS Schemes
A south Donegal councillor says money announced for work on roads under the Local Improvement Scheme ‘goes nowhere near’ what is required in the Donegal Municipal District. Usually, public money is spent only on public roads but money allocated under LIS Schemes goes for work on private roads used by…
Funding restored for Local Improvement Schemes
Funding has been restored for Local Improvement Schemes, better known as LIS schemes. It’s something councillors throughout the north west have been calling for for some time. LIS schemes provide funding for private roads on which a number of people live or on which there are a number of users,…
Lack of LIS road funding a concern throughout North West
Leitrim County Council is to seek a meeting with the Department of Transport over the lack of money for a number of years now for the improvement of roads leading to people’s homes. In Leitrim, no work has been done under the so-called Local Improvement Scheme for the past seven…