Another no-show at the February meeting (is there a pattern) was Joe Beirne the County Engineer who was to give us a presentation on the proposal to run a new road to Bohola via Castlebar.
This plan would superceed the new N5 planned to link up Westport and Castlebar. At the moment the NRA are investigating the route and consulatants have been appointed.
I am sceptical of this approach. If it was viable why wasn't adopted years ago instead of going to all the trouble of planning out the new N5 route and sterilising all the land on the new route for all these years.
Of course this also means that the by-pass roads so badly needed by the town will be postponed even futher as the NRA have made it clear that they will not build these until the new N5 is in place.
Watch this space but don't hold your breath!
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