The income from Motor Taxation is not retained locally by each Council for funding Road Maintenance Programmes. Accordingly Councils are not in a position to exercise discretion in the allocation of these funds at local level. Motor taxation income is remitted to the Central Government and reallocated to Local Authorities…
Read MoreMinister Vardkar this morning announced measures to make best use of limited resources and protecting the existing road network. Increased flexibility for local authorities on how they can spend their roads grants. This increased flexibility had been requested by the CCMA (County and City Managers Association) and by delegations from…
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on February 26, 2013
in Council Business, Media/Press Releases, Posts, Roadworks, Water Services Schemes
There will be two road closures in the Douglas and Frankfield areas from Monday 25th February 2013 – Wednesday 27th February 2013 between 7.30pm and 7.30am (3 nights) in order for Water Services, Cork County Council, to carry out essential repairs. The following roads will be closed (1) Douglas Area…
Read MorePursuant to Section 75 of the Roads Act, 1993, notice is hereby given that the road as detailed below will be closed to public traffic from Wednesday 6th March, 2013 at 20.00 hrs to Monday 8th April, 2013 at 20.00 hrs in order to facilitate the completion of road realignment…
Read MoreMin Veradkar has delivered on many projects not alone in this constituency but for the Cork region. I believe he is performing well and I suppose you could view this update as his ‘half term report’ The Government is now two years old and this is a good time to…
Read MoreI have received many representations in relation to the correct use of this roundabout and it appears that there is still confusion so I am posting the reply I received from the Roads Office. I understand that the Gardai have also been in contact with the council re same. So…
Read MoreNotice is hereby given that Cork County Council is considering, pursuant to Section 75 of the Roads Act, 1993, the temporary closure of the following road to public traffic from Wednesday 6th March, 2013 at 20.00 hrs to Monday 8th April, 2013 at 20.00 hrs in order to facilitate the…
Read More on February 05, 2013
in Media/Press Releases, Posts, Roadworks, Water Services Schemes
I must have given ppl a heart attach with an earlier post but meant to say this main has now be REPAIRED and they are reinstating the road as we speak. This watermain has had to be repaired a few times over the last number of years so I will…
Read MoreJerry Buttimer has sent me a copy of the total number of grants from Minister Leo Veradkar and I set them out below. There are many very important projects and in these difficult times its great to see 600,000 granted for the Carrigaline Western Relief Road , Flood Alleviation for…
Read MoreLeitrim, Laois, Kildare, Monaghan and Clare are Top 5 Achievers The Road Safety Authority (RSA) on, Tuesday 29th January, 2013, published a report on the road safety performance of each county in Ireland during the lifetime of the last Government Road Safety Strategy 2007 to 2012*. The report revealed…
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