People living along ‘private’ rural roads ‘will not be able to maintain them due to costs involved’

People living along rural roads classified as “private” will not be able to maintain them due to the high costs involved, it was claimed yesterday.

In one case, a private road servicing family homes in Killarney could cost up to €75,000 to repair.

The disclosure came at a meeting of Kerry County Council, which already has 4,700km of public road network to maintain.