Part of €283k announced for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Works in Louth
The surface of the Marsh Road has been a nightmare for a long time but there was good news today when it was announced that almost €100,000 has been put aside for Louth County Council to put it right.
The allocation, which is part of a €283k allocation for County Louth from the climate adaptation investment programme for regional and local roads, was announced this morning by the Minister of State in the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD.
Other allocations for the South Louth area include:
- €30,000 to repair rock armour defence against erosion at Port beach which is undermining the road
- €22,000 to resurface a section of the Strand Road at Termonfeckin that has been damaged by flooding
- €10,000 to repair the embankment at King William’s Glen
- €10,000 for works to upgrade drainage at the Donore Road/Ballsgrove junction
- €10,000 for an upgrade of the drainage at Crosslanes/Windmill Road junction
The Programme is designed to help local authorities in implementing road improvement projects across the county while building on the support provided under the 2020 July Stimulus Plan.
O’Dowd said “This funding is very welcome in particular as it will address some of longer standing issues relating to flooding, resurfacing, rock armour and embankment issues that we have seen across the county.
“This will help make our roads more resilient to weather damage in the years ahead, due to the restrictions at the start of the year the council are playing catch up with general roads maintenance and surface issues.
“The announcement today is in addition to the €9.1m allocated by government earlier this year for the 2021 Louth Roads Budget and the further €4.65m which was allocated in March for Active Cycling and Walking Infrastructure in the County.”
Commenting on today’s announcement Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D., said: “This funding will support local authorities across the country deal with the challenges of climate change and severe weather events. The upkeep of our road network is crucial in ensuring that our public transport, cyclists, walkers, car users can travel safely around the country.”
Anthony Murphy, Chair of the Louth East Meath Greens, said: “This funding is very welcome and badly needed, particularly the funding to resurface the Marsh road which is in a bad way. I was contacted by local cyclists who have highlighted the poor road surface of the Marsh road so this funding will be welcome news to the growing cyclist community in Drogheda”
The full list of projects to be funded in Count Louth is below.
