Road scheme will improve safety and cut journey times

WATERFORD City Council is to implement a roads programme that will see almost €32 million invested in the current year on the city’s road and transport infrastructure.

Road scheme will improve safety and cut journey times
Tue, 11 Apr, 2006 - 01:00
Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent

Designed to improve safety and shorten journeys, €18m is locally sourced with the balance coming from the Government.

Some €8.785m has been allocated by the National Roads Authority including €7.9m for work on the section of the Waterford City Bypass linking the Waterford-Cork Road and the Old Kilmeaden Road. The Department of the Environment has allocated €3.843m for local roads.

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