Over €23m for Sligo/Leitrim Road and Greenway Projects

Frank Feighan TD has hailed the announcement today of €23.4M by the TII and a breakthrough day for the region.

Significant funding will see a number of significant projects progress under this announcement including the long-awaited news on the N17 and the N4 alongside progress for the Sligo Greenway and the SLNCR greenway from Sligo to Enniskillen.

Deputy Feighan expressed his gratitude to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for his intervention at cabinet to ensure key road and infrastructure projects would proceed which he sees as vital to redress the economic imbalance in this country and open up the North West for more investment.

In Leitrim Deputy highlighted several key projects that were funded,

• NDP - N4 Carrick-on-Shannon to Dromod, €1,000,000
• SLNCR, Sligo to Enniskillen Greenway (P&D) (Formerly: SLNCR - Sligo Town to Blacklion, Co. Cavan) €1,500,000
• N16 Manorhamilton to Cornacloy Phase 2 pavement €600,000 / N16 Manorhamilton to Cornacloy Phase 4, Pavement Scheme €600,000

The Key announcements for Sligo under their €18,200,477 budget include,

• National Primary Major Scheme, Collooney to Castlebaldwin, €900,000 NDP - N17 Knock to Collooney €900,000 which is a total of €1,800,000.
• N16 Lugatober Realignment €9,000,000
• N15 Rathcormack South Pavement €1,000,000
• Sligo Greenway - Bellaghy - Charlestown - Collooney €700,000

The Sligo Leitrim TD said, 

“There was deep concern that the progress of the N17 and the N4 would be halted, the TII funding allocations indicate otherwise, both these projects are essential to the development and investment potential for the North West, Sligo needs the N17 road project to progress without any delays and I am thankful to this government and my party leader for listening to my concerns  and ensuring the necessary funding was provided in this year’s allocation.

“Finally, I am delighted to see the major greenway projects across both counties progress under this funding statement today, over the coming years the development of the SLNCR and the Sligo Greenway is pivotal to Sligo and North Leitrim’s tourism ambitions”, concluded Deputy Feighan,