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Sinn Féin councillor Rachel McCarthy says the scheme amounts to communities having to fill their own potholes. Pic: Denis Boyle
MORE than €100,000 in funding for road maintenance via the Community Involvement Scheme has been announced for the next two years for West Cork.
West Cork’s roads are at breaking point.
Irate motorists – “why are we paying road tax”
CORK County roads are set to benefit from €40 million under the 2013 local and regional roads fund, which has been announced by the Department of Transport, but the future is rough for West Cork roads, warns Dunmanway-based independent councillor Declan Hurley.
According to Cllr Hurley the allocation received for regional and local roads for 2013 is almost €46.5m and will be spent on the completion of specific projects and on routine improvements and restoration works, but this he says still falls “a long way short” of addressing the real scale of the disastrous road conditions around the county.
Pic: Geograph
TOWNS across West Cork are set to benefit from the €40 million road funding allocation for County Cork just announced for local and regional road works in 2013.
Among the projects to get fundung is the Dunmanway Relief Road project which recieves €125,000; while Kinsale and Clonakilty Town Councils each receive €161,000 and Skibbereen Town Council gets €115,000.
The N71 at Ballinascarthy. Pic: Google
THE National Roads Authourity has approved more than €450,000 in funding for two road improvement projects in West Cork.
Potholes in Bandon. Pic: Bandon Sinn Féin
BANDON Mayor Cllr Gillian Coughlan is calling on both Cork county and city councils to urgently address the problem of potholes throughout the county.
Declan Hurley
LOCAL independent councillor Declan Hurley has confirmed that funding has been diverted to address a number of local roads in the greater Dunmanway area which were damaged in the recent severe flash floods.
In particular roads in Haremount, Monavadda and Derryleigh had to be closed to traffic due to the severity of the damage. [Read more...]
TD Jim Daly inspects pothole damage last year.
BANDON-based Labour councillor Gearóid Buckley has welcomed the news that an additional €161,694 has been allocated to Cork County Council’s winter road maintenance funding.
The additional funding brings Corks County Council’s total Winter Maintenance grant to €1,445,246.
“This increase of €161,694 is very much welcomed. Last year our roads were devastated by a severe winter cold spell, and with forecasts predicting similar artic conditions again this year, our roads are destined to fall casualty to the elements.
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