A top level meeting between Louth County Council officials and the Minister of Transport will take place in the next fortnight to discuss funding for the new bridge over the railway tracks for the new Port Access Northern Cross route ( PANCR).
The application for the capital expenditure was made to the Department recently and now the Council is seeking ministerial approval to get the money signed off.
Senator Alison Comyn has been working behind the scenes to secure the 24million euros required and has been privately lobbying the Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien to help secure the funding.
The new bridge over the Dublin to Belfast railway line is one of the most crucial parts of the PANCR project that will sign the new road run, from the M1 motorway to Drogheda port.
Phase One of the new road is complete, construction work on the phase 2 road from Newtown Cross to the railway lines at Aston Village began in the past week, and the Bridge is phase 3.
Senator Comyn is delighted that Louth County Council has finally got the application to secure the funding for the Bridge into the Department.
The much needed new train station for the northside of Drogheda will also be on the agenda.
She said: This is such a welcome move and the next step to what I have been working towards for years. I will be meeting with Minister Darragh O’Brien TD and Louth County Council officials in two weeks to put forward the case for this and the vital second station to serve the northside of Drogheda and surrounds.
