Restoration works are hoped to begin in the coming months on the Ballygrania bridge in Collooney.
€35,000 has been allocated to carry out the works that have now gone to the tender stage.
Sligo Councillor, Thomas Walsh is welcoming the news.
He says a number of accidents have happened on the bridge in the past.
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