Sligo TD confirms funding will be made available for N17 this year
A Sligo Leitrim TD says funding will be made available in 2024 for the development for the N17. Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan has confirmed the news this morning. Sligo County Council had called for 2.5m euro to be allocated for the development of the road. …
Two accidents reported on N17 at Clarkes Bridge
Motorists are being urged to drive with caution this morning in the vicinity of a number of traffic accidents that has occurred on the N17 at Clarkes Bridge. It’s understood that at least two separate one vehicle incident’s have taken place one involving a car and another involving a…
Failure to upgrade N17 is ‘monumental failure to economic development of Sligo’
The CEO of the Sligo Chamber of Commerce has described the decision to pause funding for the upgrade of the N17 between Ireland West Airport and Collooney as monumental failure to the economic development of Sligo. Aidan Doyle made the comments in reaction to the decision by the government…
North West residents viewed as “second class citizens”
The government need to stop looking at people from the North West as second class citizens. That’s the view of Sinn Féin MEP Chris McManus, following the decision to pull the funding that was previously allocated for the development of the N17. Speaking to Ocean FM News, MEP McManus questioned…
Local TD labels N17 funding suspension as “effective abandonment”
A Sligo-Leitrim TD has labelled the suspension of funding for the N17 Knock to Collooney project as “effective abandonment” as she called on the government to confirm that it has a policy to provide the necessary and timely funding for the N17 project. It has been claimed in the…
Details released on proposed N17 Knock to Collooney Project
Sligo Regional Design Office (RDO) have released the Emerging Preferred Transport Corridor for the N17 Knock to Collooney [Atlantic Economic Corridor] Project). The preferred corridor has been assessed as providing the most sustainable solution and most benefits and impacts in relation to the criteria used when considering transport infrastructure…
Section of N17 blocked following accident
A section of the N17 road between Curry and Charlestown is blocked following a road traffic accident. Both Gardaí and the fire services are at the scene, and the road remains blocked. No injuries have been reported, and diversions are in place.