Almost €9m worth of investment planned for roads in Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District this year
Almost €9m worth of maintenance and repairs will be carried out on more than 40km of roads across Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District this year following the approval of the district’s annual programme for road works by councillors.
A list of road, bridge, footpath, public lighting and tree maintenance projects valued at €8,939,555 was given the green light by Carrick Municipal District’s elected members at their monthly meeting in Carrick-on-Suir Town Hall.
The largest project is the ongoing upgrade of 3.8km of the N24 in Carrick-on-Suir town along with road safety improvements for which €1.2m is allocated.
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The next biggest project is €900,000 set aside for the completion of the upgrade of 1.2km of the N76 road in Grangmockler that also includes improvements to footpaths, car parking and road safety measures in the village.
Almost €3.2m funding is allocated for surface dressing of roads and restoration improvement works on rural roads throughout the district that stretches from Carrick-on-Suir to beyond Ballinure near Thurles and includes Fethard, Killenaule and Mullinahone.
A further €254,361 of the budget will be spent on upgrading a road at Dunguib, Killenaule and Rocks Road, Ballylanigan, Mullinahone, which are classified as “Red Road” due to their poor condition.
And a total of €130,000 has been set aside to repair two bridges in the district – Ballylanigan Bridge, where €80,000 will be invested and Gortnaglogh Bridge, Ballingarry where €50,000 will be spent.
Carrick-on-Suir town, meanwhile, will benefit from €203,489 investment in roads and footpath improvements along with tree maintenance and public lighting works.
A further €690,000 will be spent on Active Travel projects in Carrick-on-Suir.
This will include €450,000 invested on the replacement of the Clairín rail footbridge, €150,000 on footpaths and a car park in Carrickbeg and €70,000 on the design of Active Travel pedestrian, cycling and road safety improvements between Carrick-on-Suir Railway Station and the town centre.
Council Senior Roads Engineer Liam Brett welcomed the adoption of the district’s roads programme.
“I am conscious the elected members are looking for more funding (for roads). We will continue to push for more funding. We have got it in the past,” he pledged.