COUNTY COUNCIL ASKED TO FUND PART OF CLAREGALWAY BYPASS

Date Published: 18-Dec-2007

Galway county council has been asked by the government to fund part of the bill for the proposed 20 million Claregalway bypass. The council is to be told next month [jan] just how much of the bill it will have to foot.Galway Bay fm news has learnt that Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has told a deputation of Galway TD's and the Claregalway Action Bypass Group that the council must make a financial contribution towards the bypass. Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Hoade, who was present at the meeting, says questions need to be answered about the amount, and how the council is to raise the funds.