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Resurfacing is in the pipeline for a road near Knockbeg College according to a councillr who also wants a smaller road nearby completely overhaul as it’s not fit for an donkey and cart.
Cllr Aisling Moran, Fine Gael, tabled a motion at a recent meeting with Laois County Council officials.
She proposed that the Council repair the road surface at the junction of the Knockbeg and Shrule/Hollymount Road.
Mr. Philip McVeigh, Senior Executive Engineer, replied that the council has obtained a quotation for the road surfacing works required at this junction.
“We aim to carry out these works once the 2022 Area Road’s budget allocations have been confirmed,” he told the meeting.
While she welcomed this commitment, Cllr Moran also asked if a nearby small but busy side road could be upgraded as it is ‘literally falling away’.
“You wouldn’t get an ass and cart up there,” she said.
Cllr Moran also proposed that work is needed on the Knockbeg to Maganey road which she says has become very busy partly due to traffic to the secondary school.
The issue was raised at the recent Portarlington Graiguecullen Municipal District meeting.
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