Motorway construction pothole strands disabled man

A PARTIALLY disabled Athenryman was left stranded last week when his car tyre was punctured after he hit a massive pothole along a local road that is torn apart by trucks working on the new N6 motorway.Paddy Conneely, who was driving home from work along the Castlelambert Road last Tuesday night when his tyre blew-out after hitting a deep hole in the road,was unable to change the tyre because of his health condition.Paddy was stranded but luckily had a mobile phone with himand he called a friend who drove out and changed the punctured tyre.It is the second time Paddy received a burst tyre on this stretch of road in the space of a week and, although he will be reimbursed for the damage caused to his car, he is more concerned about the safety risk posed by the potholes.“There are about four or five trucks doing around 800 trips along the road every day. It’s in very bad condition and my tyres were punctured last Tuesday and the week before that and it’s happened to a lot of other people.“You wouldn’t be able to see the potholes, especially when it’s dark, and there’s no way of knowing how deep the potholes are particularly when it’s flooded. There are so many potholes, too.“The National Roads Authority has accepted responsibility and they ...