Cavan to get €19M to fix roads

Funding welcomed by Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith

Cavan is to get an allocation of €19 Million for improvement works this year on Regional and Local Roads.

The allocation has come from the Department of Transport and its Minister Darragh O'Brien, and was confirmed by Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith.

He also welcomed the €18 Million set to be given to Monaghan County Council.

“This is an essential investment in maintaining and carrying out improvement works to this road network which is of critical importance throughout all of Cavan and Monaghan. A substantial roadworks programme will be carried out in each county with this funding and I will continue to highlight the need for additional investment in our regional and local roads.”

He noted that the population in Cavan and Monaghan is “widely dispersed” and that there is a “huge dependence” on the non-national road network for households, farms and businesses.

“The people living in rural communities deserve to have roads brought up to a proper standard and always maintained to such standards. In recent years the increased costs of road maintenance and road upgrading has necessitated an increased financial investment and this is a message that I will continue to strongly highlight to government.”

Deputy Smith concluded by stating that he had indicated to the new Transport Minister that a “substantial financial increase is needed” in our roads infrastructure, both non-national and national road network, in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan.

“This is essential to ensure that the border region can continue to see its economy grow and have additional employment created”, stated Deputy Smith.