In nine out of ten cases where motorists damage wheels and tyres in road potholes, Galway County Council doesn’t have the responsibility of meeting the cost of the repairs bill, last week’s meeting of the local authority was told. Director of Services, Jim Cullen, in reply to queries from a number of councillors, said that […]
For the first time Transition Year students at Castleknock Community College got to experience a road safety instruction programme through the use of modern Virtual Reality (VR) technology when Fingal County Council, in partnership with AVIVA Driving School, brought the VR experience ‘Your Life – Your Choice’ to Castleknock Community College on Wednesday 29 January […]
Fingal County Council has commenced an extensive consultation process in Donabate as part of our plans to create an Urban Framework Plan (UFP) for the town. This Urban Framework Plan seeks to provide a vision for the Donabate town centre which will improve and enhance the Main Street area and guide careful urban improvement. It […]
The Donegal Road Safety Working Group has once again issued an appeal to candidates contesting the upcoming General Election to ensure that when erecting election posters, to place them in a way that they do not obscure road signs and that they do not interfere with road safety. Election candidates tend to place their posters […]
Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Wexford County Council and Kilkenny County Council are delighted to announce that An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, T.D. will perform the official opening ceremony for the N25 New Ross Bypass on the afternoon of Wednesday the 29th of January 2020. The 15km scheme represents an investment in the order of €230 million in […]
Three sections of the TEN-T network in Donegal have been prioritised for improvement to address existing safety and operational issues, these are; Section 1 – N15/N13 Ballybofey/Stranorlar Urban Region, Section 2 – N56/N13 Letterkenny to Manorcunningham and Section 3 – N14 Manorcunningham to Lifford / Strabane / A5 Link The Option Selection Report (OSR) will […]
Donegal County Council and the Donegal Road Safety Working Group will once again partner Finn Harps Football Club to assist with the promotion of Road Safety in Donegal with the Road Safety Art Competition. The competition was officially launched on Wednesday 8 January at Gaelscoil Adhamhnáin, Letterkenny by the Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Nicholas Crossan, Director of […]
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce that funding is being made available to provide cycle parking to primary schools in the County. Schools are required to apply to the Council and outline what they are doing to promote cycling to pupils in their school. A review will be made of all applications and […]
Cork County Council in partnership with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Transport Infrastructure Ireland has been investigating options for the alleviation of traffic congestion in Mallow Town Centre and its approach roads. Earlier this week, a contract for the design preparation of the N72/N73 Relief Road for Mallow was signed by Cork […]
dlr Municipal Service Department in consultation with the Planning Department and the Infrastructure and Climate Change Department have now made a further submission to Bus Connects following the 2nd round of public consultation. This submission can be found here. This submission adds to the previous submission and will deal with both strategic level issues and more
Dublin City Council has released new plans for a pedestrian and cycling bridge spanning the River Liffey in the Docklands, which it is calling the Blood Stoney Bridge. If built, it would stretch about 125 metres across the river from Sir John Rogerson’s Quay at Blood Stoney Road on the south said, to North Wall […]
NEWS that BusConnects is to be rolled out on a phased basis starting in 2021 presents an opportunity for the Luas Finglas line according to a Dublin North West TD. Luas is currently scheduled to arrive in Finglas 2027 under the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 plan. Last week the NTA said BusConnects construction will begin […]
Following the recent announcement of Cabinet approval for the construction of the N5 Westport to Turlough Road, contract signing took place at the offices of Mayo County Council, Áras an Chontae earlier this week. The development, at an overall cost of €241 million, involves the construction of 20.3km of dual carriageway from Westport to Turlough. […]
Dublin Airport is a gateway of prime importance to the island of Ireland. It serves incoming and outgoing commercial passenger and freight travel as well as incoming and outgoing tourist and leisure passenger travel. It is of high level importance to the Irish economy and to Irish society. Currently, aviation fuel supplies for Dublin Airport […]
Limerick City and County Council has welcomed this Wednesday’s government decision to move the Adare by-pass and a new road to Foynes on to the next stage. The council will now submit its planning application for the project to An Bord Pleanála, a statutory process which is likely to take up to 12 months and […]
The Southern Regional Assembly as a partner in the MATCH-UP Interreg Europe project along with our Stakeholders Cork Transport Mobility Forum and Cork City Council was delighted to host 2 free events in Cork City as part of their European Mobility Week actions to help raise awareness of the excellent work that has been done […]
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, and Minister for Rural & Community Development Michael Ring announced today the Government’s approval to allow Mayo County Council, under the direction of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), to award the main construction contract for the N5 Westport to Turlough Road Project. This
Proposed construction of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Dublin-Belfast Railway Line 220 metres south of Donabate Train Station, Donabate, Co. Dublin. In accordance with Part XI of the Local Government Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended), Fingal County Council […]
Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh T.D., and Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council, Cllr. Nicholas Crossan will officially open the €18.7m N56 Coolboy to Kilmacrennan Scheme on Monday afternoon at 2pm. The 3.1km scheme, which has seen the removal of the notorious ‘Blue Banks’ bends, is a key transport corridor to the north west […]
The council earlier this year decided to draw up plans for a new plaza on the northside of the city following the refusal by An Bord Pleanála of the College Green plaza. A planned water feature incorporating a line of water jets, or mini fountains, has been scrapped after the council determined it would be […]