Leitrim County Council to put in new markings and signage at Manorhamilton traffic lights
Leitrim County Council is putting up extra signage and line markings to help road-users in Manorhamilton activate the new traffic lights properly. There have been complaints that when you are coming onto the junction from Sean MacDiarmada Street the lights are not activating and people are waiting a long time.…
Two decades needed to complete LIS works in Leitrim with current funding
A senior engineer in Leitrim says it would take 20 years to carry out all of the Local Improvement scheme works in the county based on the current levels of funding. LIS schemes involve improvement works to private roads where there are two or more homes. The issue was raised…
Leitrim only spending half of what it should be on upkeep of local roads
Only half the recommended funding is being spent to strengthen and resurface local roads in Leitrim. Senior Roads Engineer at the Council Shay O’Connor confirmed to Councillors in the Manorhamilton Municipal District yesterday that the cut in roads funding is having a severe impact on the longterm state of the…