New road layout at Aughamore "not a priority", meeting told

The Dromod to Carrick-on-Shannon section of the N4 Carrick to Dromod road project, including Aughamore, is "not being prioritised for further work at this time", Cllr Finola Armstrong-McGuire was told when she asked for an update on the proposals for a new road layout at Aughamore, Carrick-on-Shannon. 

She was advised that the 2023 grant allocations to local authorities for national roads, Active Travel and Greenways are made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) having regard to the priorities set out in the National Development Plan 2021-2030, the objectives of the Climate Action Plan 2023, other national policies and the terms and conditions set by the Minister for Transport pursuant to the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015.  

The response continued: "It is important to note that the appendix to this document clearly states in relation to the N4 Carrick to Dromod road project that 'the Minister wishes to see prioritisation afforded to the provision of the bypass and the provision of a concurrent traffic management plan for the town centre'."

Cllr Armstrong-McGuire was advised that the bypass element of the project is being prioritised for the design and environmental evaluation stage of the project which will include a new urban street, a demand management component, an Active Travel component, and a public transport component. 

Therefore, the Dromod to Carrick-on-Shannon section of the road including Aughamore is not being prioritised for further work at this time, the response concluded.