Collapsed South Sligo bridge will not be reopened in time for school buses in September
A bridge that has collapsed on a road in South Sligo will not be repaired before school buses resume their runs in September. It’s the Coolrawer Bridge on the Curracunanne road, linking Banada and Charlestown. The issue was on the agenda of this week’s meeting of councillors in Tubbercurry from…
Road in the Achonry area closed due to bridge collapse
A local road in South Sligo has been closed following the collapse of bridge along the route. The section of road which is called the LP44030 is located in the Achonry area and will be closed for a period of around 6 weeks while the bridge is being repaired. Sligo…
Contractors officially appointed to start work on bridge in Donegal town
The contractors for carrying out work on Tir Chonaill bridge in Donegal Town will be officially appointed today. Representatives from L & M Keating Ltd, Donegal County Council Roads Service and elected members will attend the event today with work set to start within two weeks. The work is long…
Greenway campaigner says money being ‘wasted’ on bridge
€70,000 the Minister for Transport plans to ‘waste’ putting up a railway bridge that will be never used could be better spent on a feasibility study for the Sligo Greenway Co-op. That’s according to Brendan Quinn of the Western Rail Trail who wants to see the railway-line between Athenry and…
Warnock: ‘Brexit makes new bridge urgent on Kinlough/Bundoran road’
A Leitrim councillor says that with Brexit, there is now an urgency for a new bridge to be provided on the R280 regional road linking Kinlough in Leitrim and Bundoran in Donegal. Fianna Fail Councillor Justin Warnock says that if there are new custom controls along the border, the R280…