Laois councillor is first to know work gets done
Work is completed on a footpath in Mountmellick which was needed to ensure people with mobility issues could use it, a Laois county councillor revealed to council staff.
Cllr Paddy Bracken, Fianna Fáil, was also up to speed on the repair of a pipe in Kilcavan on the Laois Offaly border.
tabled a motion at a recent meeting with Laois County Council to lower the footpath at Harbour Street.
Mr. Edmond Kenny, District Engineer, said maintenance crews would undertake repairs to the pavement at this location in the coming weeks.
Cllr Bracken told the meeting that the work was already done and is very welcome.
He also had some advance knowledge on the repair of the council's repair work on the damaged culvert at Coolagh, Kilcavan, Mountmellick.
"Repairs to the structure are proposed in the coming weeks," Mr Kenny replied to Cllr Bracken's motion.
However, the councillor told that Mr Kenny but also told the meeting in February the that project was nearly complete on what he said was an urgently needed repair.
He raised the issues at the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick Municipal District Meeting.