Call to fast-track work on N63 accident blackspot

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A County Councillor has called for the fast tracking of works at an accident blackspot along a section of the N63 Galway Roscommon road. Fianna Fail Councillor and Cathaoirleach of Ballinasloe Municipal district Michael Connolly claims there is an average of one accident per week at a section of the road at Newbridge. He says that the road condition on the Ballygar side of Newbridge is poor and that 800 thousand euro works proposed for Newbridge need to be fast tracked. Councillor Connolly says one of the weekly accidents could easily end in a fatality.