€300,000 for unfinished estates to address any critical deficits

There is €300,000 for unfinished estates development in this year's Programme of Capital Works said head of finance, Vincent Dwyer, during a presentation during which he revealed the programme sets out a programmed expenditure of €300,000 for 2024/25/26.

The programme comes to around €400m with a match funding requirement of €25m.

The money will be spent through the capital office as a means to address any critical deficits that may exist within the infrastructure within estates that we've taken in charge, Mr Dwyer said.

Cllr Felim Gurn asked regarding the Manorhamilton public realm, “the industrial lands; is that issue going to be sorted out?” and was advised that this was being addressed.

Shay O’Conor, senior engineer, Capital Projects Office said: “We have some land issues to sort out but feel we are at an advanced stage now.”

Cllr Gurn also asked about the planned fire station in Manorhamilton.

Mr Dwyer responded that, “It's with an Bord Pleanála and we have to see how long that process will take but once we get through that, we have a green light to go ahead.”

Cllr Brendan Barry asked about timelines regarding Flood Relief Schemes in Carrick-on-Shannon and Leitrim Village.

He also asked for an update on the progress of the much anticipated Carrick-on-Shannon bypass.

Mr O’Connor said regarding the Carrick-on-Shannon scheme, which is being developed at the moment “the idea is we will come up with the preferred option mid-next year and that will go back out into the public again.

“Both these schemes have to go an Bord Pleanála for approval and they're not like our planning applications where there is a certain time scale during which they have to respond to. They will be two years with the Board.”

Terry McGovern, Senior Engineer, Roads and Transportation noted that Tullaghan Traffic Calming Scheme is designed and the options report is approved with TII “but we have to go through the planning process. We hope that it will be constructed over the next two years. It's a €500,000 scheme.”

Regarding the Carrick-on-Shannon /Dromod Bypass, he said it is progressing and “we are working through Phase 3, the detailed design environmental assessment and we hope to have Phase 4 finished by 2026.”