Councillors furious as N71 upgrade ‘snubbed’

Councillors have expressed their anger at a presumed snub by the National Roads Authority over desperately needed funding for the upgrade of the only national secondary road servicing West Cork.

At a meeting of the council’s Western Division in Clonakilty, councillors were informed that there had been no reply to a letter they had written some time ago to the chief executive of the NRA about the state of the N71.

The issue was raised by Cllr Michael Collins (Ind) who wanted to know what was happening to funding for the road. “The fact that we didn’t even get a reply just shows how far down the list of priorities the road is,” Mr Collins said.