Spending on County Clare’s main roads will be down by almost 2 million euro this year.
With 3 million 535 thousand 500 euro allocated to national primary and secondary routes in Clare for 2012 – the figures are down by over 1.9 million euro, though there an extra 125 thousand for safety works on secondary roads.
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The allocations are down for other areas like pavement improvement works and the maintenance of both primary and secondary routes, a move which will cause concern following damage to some roads due to heavy rain this winter.
East Clare Fine Gael Councillor Joe Cooney is fearful that regional and local roads will also suffer a cut with devastating consequences.
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