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Urgent sworks required at Abbeyderg cemetery
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Kenagh’s Cllr Colm Murragh has called on Longford County Council to carry out emergency drainage works at the entrance to Abbeyderg Cemetery.
“Water and other substances are seeping from land in front of the cemetery and it is depositing on the roadway at the gate to the graveyard. It has at times flowed into the cemetery and is a hazard for road users,” he said in a motion read out by Cllr Mick Cahill at last week’s meeting of Ballymahon MD.
Speaking to the Leader on the issue, Cllr Murray explained that the problem has grown substantially over the past number of months to the stage where “two cars cannot meet at this section of road now, pedestrians are unable to pass safely as the road is regularly covered from one side to the other with water and the contents of the flooded area have on numerous occasions flowed in the gate of the cemetery when they were unable to go anywhere else”.
Calls to create cycleway from Carrickboy to Ballycloughan
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Cllr Paul Ross has called on Longford County Council to seek funding to install a footpath or cycleway from Carrickboy village to Ballycloughan village to “connect these two integrated communities”.
At last week’s meeting of Ballymahon Municipal District, Cllr Ross stated that there is “a new emphasis on funding for cycleways and walkways, so it’s time to push this”.
A second motion put forward by Cllr Paul Ross last week called on Longford County Council to seek to connect the Ardagh Mountain walk down to Garrycam and into Drumming, Ballycloughan and connect back to Ardagh village by the Lyanmore Road.
Cllr Mick Cahill has warmly welcomed an allocation of €100,000 to the Longford village of Barry, which will see works to secure the relocation of electrici.
Crunch talks lined up over Longford-Mullingar bypass
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Longford councillors and transport chiefs are set for crunch talks over the protracted extension of the Longford to Mullingar bypass. );
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Longford councillors and transport chiefs are set for crunch talks over the protracted extension of the Longford to Mullingar bypass.
A special meeting between local representatives and officials from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has been scheduled for next Tuesday (December 22).
Public consultation on the 52km section of road and its proposed upgrade took place in June.
The project, which involves addressing high volume traffic concerns along its existing route and bypass the towns of Rathowen, Ballinalack, Edgeworthstown, Newtownforbes and Longford town, has been beset by funding and planning challenges ever since a preferred route corridor was chosen a decade ago.