Road safety warning ahead of St Patrick’s weekend
The Road Safety Authority and An Garda Siochana have issued a warning to the public and motorists ahead of the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. According to the RSA 38% of all fatal collisions between 2008 and 2012 involved the consumption of alcohol. 30 people were killed on roads in the…
Councillors told it will take 29 years to complete all road improvements in Sligo
When it comes to maintaining roads in County Sligo, a councillor says it’s ‘an absolute crisis’ with ‘nobody listening.’ Fianna Fail Councillor Seamus Kilgannon made the claim at a council meeting this week during a discussion on roads and funding. A council engineer told councillors there were 1,250 kilometres of…
Senior Engineer in Leitrim outlines the latest on roadworks in the county
Senior Engineer at Leitrim County Council, Shay O’Connor spoke to Ocean FM reporter Claire Mulcahy at a meeting of the Manorhamilton Municipal District this week. He outlined the latest progress on the challenges in roads funding facing the county, progress on works on the N16, concern over the LIS schemes…
Two decades needed to complete LIS works in Leitrim with current funding
A senior engineer in Leitrim says it would take 20 years to carry out all of the Local Improvement scheme works in the county based on the current levels of funding. LIS schemes involve improvement works to private roads where there are two or more homes. The issue was raised…
Councillors say allocations not enough to deal with problems on local roads
Councillors in the North West say roads allocations are too little to deal with the problems that need to be addressed to improve local roads. It follows the allocations of over €34m in local roads funding for the three Councils in the North West yesterday. It’s a marginal increase on…
Snow in Barnesmore Gap in Donegal, roads ‘treacherous’ around Sligo
With snow in parts of Donegal and road conditions in places around Sligo town said to be treacherous in places, motorists throughout the North West are being warned to drive with care. A vehicle has gone off the road between Dromahair and Sligo, near St Angela’s College. An orange weather…
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…