The Government is being called on to prioritise spending on roads, in light of new report which highlights the depth of damage to routes in Clare in recent years.
In it’s 2017 report, the National Oversight and Audit Commission found that almost 80% of the banner’s regional roads have defects on their surfaces.
The National Oversight and Audit Commission’s report for 2017, which has just been published, has revealed that almost 80% of the county’s regional roads surfaces have some defect.
Only a fifth of these roads achieved the highest rating, a trend that is mirrored in the smaller roads.
During the financial crash, government funding for roads in Clare was cut from a high of 31 million euro, and while funding levels are recovering now, the legacy problems associated with this remain.
Spanish Point Councillor Michael Hillary says many of the county’s routes are a long way off getting back to pre-recession standards.
There’s over 4,000 kilometres of road in Clare, mostly small local roads, and these show the highest level of problems, according to the NOAC.
28% of local tertiary roads are in the category which shows they are most in need of attention.
Bodyke Fine Gael Councillor Joe Cooney believes that while efforts have been made at local level to improve the most used routes, it’s time the Government made this infrastructure a priority.
