Moratorium on street lighting leaving parts of Dundalk like during the Blitz
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Councillors have called on the moratorium on street lighting which has been in place for 12 years to be lifted saying parts of Dundalk are like “during the Blitz”.
Several councillors spoke about the need for new public lighting in estates and other areas and said the moratorium on them, which has been in place since 2009, must end.
They said that people are being encouraged to be active and walk and cycle, but they must be able to do this safely with adequate public lighting.
Independent councillor Maeve Yore tabled a motion at last Tuesday’s Dundalk Municipal District meeting calling on Louth County Council to assess the junction of Seafield Road/Coast Road/ Rock Court in Blackrock and install public lighting to “ensure maximum safety for pedestrians and motorists”.
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Dundalk councillor calls the Land Development Agency Bill a direct attack on Local Government Democracy
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Councillor Emma Coffey has called the Land Development Agency Bill a direct attack on Local Government Democracy.
Cllr Coffey at the Louth County Council meeting held last week raised her grave concerns about Section 49 and 56 of the Land Development Agency Bill, which with the stroke of a pen removes the County Councillor’s democratic powers and imposes an unprecedented obligation on a democratically elected individual Local Authority Member to co-operate with this new body.
Speaking about these issues in the Chamber Councillor Coffey stated: “There has never been any legislation which obliges an individual Councillor to co-operate with a body outside of her or his local authority.
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