MASSIVE FUNDING BOOST FOR GALWAY ROADS ANNOUNCED BY NRA

Date Published: 28-Jan-2009

Over 155 million euro will be provided by the National Roads Authority this year to improve and maintain roads in the City and County.Galway County Council is set to receive 152 million and 40 thousand euro for road improvements in 2009.The largest allocation of 89 and a half million euro will be used for the N6 Galway to Dublin Road, from Galway City as far as Athlone.Over 28 million euro has been provided for the N17 road as far as Claremorris.And almost 27 and a half million euro has been allocated for the N18 Gort to Crusheen Bypass.Almost 7 million euro has been allocated to County Council for works on the county's secondary roads.They'll also receive over 2 million, 8 hundred thousand euro for road maintenance for this year.City Council's allocation of 475,000 euro will be used for maintenance works on the roads for 2009.