Locals asked to fund road repairs

Communities are being asked to contribute up to 50% of the cost of repairing their own roads, under a pilot scheme.

Announced by Alan Kelly, junior transport minister, the new scheme will see the Government supply a total of €10.6m over two years which will be matched by almost €4m in private funding.

Galway, Mayo, Wexford, and Wicklow are just some of the counties asking for locals to contribute 50% of the cost of repairing their own roads.