01 February 2021
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Calls for reclassification and major upgrade of main Offaly road
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There are growing calls for the main road between Edenderry and Tullamore to be classified as a national route and undergo major upgrade works.
A motion to that end was brought a meeting of Offaly County Council on Monday by Edenderry councillor for Fianna Fail, Robert McDermott.
His motion stated: I call on Offaly County Council through its Chief Executive, Ms. Anna Marie Delaney and Director of Services including roads, Mr. Tom Shanahan, to contact the Minister at the Department of Transport immediately to seek a meeting for the purposes of reclassify / upgrade the existing R402 and a section of the R420, namely from the Cloncollig Roundabout to Ballina Cross, to a National Road under The Roads Act 1993 Part 10.