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€2 million to upgrade Inishowen
roads
18.02.08
MORE than €800,000 is
to be spent this year to complete the Buncrana Inner
Relief Road.
The money is part of a €2 million allocation to
upgrade non-national roads in parts of the
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Other local roads set
for a major upgrade is the Aghilly Road outside
Buncrana that has been allocated €300,000; the road
running alongside Moville Community College gets
€350,000 while the Redcastle to Moville road also
gets €350,000.
The funding is part of a total allocation of €42.8m
to Donegal |
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in the 2008
Non-National Roads Programme.
Buncrana Town Council will also receive an
additional €287,000 for road upgrades in the town
and environs.
Deputy Niall Blaney welcomed the funding for Donegal
North East.
He said: "This grant allocation will ensure that we
can continue to improve the road infrastructure in
Donegal. We have seen huge improvements in the
county's roads in recent years and the continued
funding of record amounts clearly underlines the
Government's ongoing commitment to improving our
road network." Deputy Blaney said better roads would
also benefit the local economy. |
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