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Are your local roads in a state? You’re not alone

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ALMOST A THIRD of Ireland’s minor local roads have some level of structural distress. A national survey of regional and local roads shows that 31% of local tertiary roads are showing signs of distress. The report, published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission, finds that 24% of regional roads have no surface defects or are only showing … Read more

Roads crisis sparks calls for farmers to help fund repairs

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Irish Independent Farming, 19 August 2015.  Click here for original article. Rapidly expanding agricultural sectors such as dairying and forestry could be facing massive annual bills for road maintenance, amid calls for hundreds of millions of euro to fund the country’s transport network. Road conditions are described as at ‘breaking point’ in the regions where … Read more