Cars being damaged due to poor road surfacing near Laois GAA club

Cars are being damaged due to the poor condition of a busy road in Laois, according to a local councillor. 

Councillor James Kelly has urged that the Stoney Road to Camross GAA Club in the village of Camross must be prioritised for road resurfacing.

Speaking at the January meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory/Mountmellick MD, Cllr Kelly said "it's known as the Stoney Road and it's actually now turned into the 'stoney road'."

Senior Executive Engineer at Laois County Council, Rory O'Callaghan, assured the Independent councillor that this section of the L-1037-0 is included in the 2026 Road Restoration Improvement Programme.

However, Cllr Kelly pushed that the Stoney Road be prioritised in the programme of works. He told the council: "I would hope that this is one of the first roads we could get done because it's causing damage to cars."

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This is a very busy stretch of road, with Cllr Kelly pointing out that there is a high level of traffic on it between Camross GAA Club being located there and many heavy goods vehicles using it too. 

Cllr Kelly said that as well as being resurfaced, the lay-bys along that narrow stretch of road should also be reinforced.

He told the council: "There's two or three of them and that's very important. If not, there'd be no traffic moving up and down, you'd have heavy goods vehicles reversing and so I would hope that part of it would be done as well.".

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