Aims for improvements to cycling and walking lanes around Sligo
There are hopes there will be improvements and upgrades to the cycling and walking lanes around Sligo. Sligo County Council are in talks with the National Transport Authority on developing an Active Travel Programme which would incorporate the lanes. The local authority are working on a proposal that will include…
Sligo councillor welcomes extension to Community Employment and Tús schemes
A Sligo Councillor has welcomed an extension to the Community Employment and Tús schemes. Participants must leave the schemes after 12 months and cannot avail of it again until a certain period of time has passed which had created fears for those taking part. The extension of contracts will run…
Local Link Service announce new Sligo and Leitrim routes
A number of new routes from Leitrim to Sligo have been announced for the local link service. The tender process for the routes concluded at the end of February and the popular north west service has added to the existing service that is already in place. Services will now be…
Casserly shines a light
People are being encouraged to register faulty public lights around Sligo Town and County. A motion by Independent Councillor, Marie Casserly, calling for an audit and inspection into the lighting situation, found 271 public lights around Co. Sligo require some form of maintenance. That equates to 2.9% of…
Proposal for money collected through crime to be reinvested into local areas
A Sligo councillor is proposing that money collected under proceeds of crime laws be redirected from central coffers back to addiction services in the local areas from which the money came. Independent Councillor Marie Casserly is asking Sligo County Council to write to the ministers for Justice, Finance and Public…
Western Distributor Road opening to traffic on Monday
The long awaited Western Distributor Road in Sligo is to open to traffic on Monday. Phase 2 of the project has been completed and the route will open from 4pm. A formal opening will take place when public health guidelines permit. Independent Sligo Councillor, Marie Casserly, is welcoming the news…
Concerns raised over Grange traffic lights
Parents and teachers of children attending the national school in Grange have raised concerns over the traffic lights at the pedestrian crossing in the village. Parents had expressed concerns that the lights were not affording children enough time to cross safely, with staggered starting and finishing times now in operation…