Sinn Fein arrange Strabane/Donegal cross border roads meeting
Published: 1 August, 2007
Strabane Disrtict Council Chairperson, Sinn Féin Cllr Gerard Foley has
arranged a meeting between councillors and Roads Service officials from
Strabane and Donegal so that a joint approach can be established to tackle
the poor state of the cross-border roads network between both areas, and
particularly between the Derg and Stranorlar Electoral areas.
The meeting will take place at Strabane District Council Offices on
Wednesday 1st August at 1pm and will involve elected councillors from the
Derg and Stranorlar Electoral areas and Donegal County and DRD Roads Service
officials.
Cllr Foley said,
"Many of the roads along the Strabane/Donegal Border were blocked off by the
British Military for more than thirty years. While they have now all been
re-opened there has been a continuation of the neglect of all of the roads
in this area right up to the present day.
"Improvements that have been carried out have been of a piecemeal nature and
have not been co-ordinated on both sides of the border.
"Along with Cllr Charlie Mc Hugh and Cllr Kieran Mc Guire, my Sinn Féin
colleagues in the Derg Electoral Area, we have identified issues in relation
to 17 cross border roads which range from: the need for long over-due
upgrades: to resurfacing; through to the absence and lack of signage.
"Through Wednesday's meeting we will be pressing for a joined up approach to
be established so that through a co-ordinated approach the neglect of the
roads network along the Strabane/Donegal border can at last begin to be
addressed.
P.S. Discussion will centre on the routes below:
1. Kilclean Road
2. Castlefin Road
3. Clady Bridge
4. Fern Road
5. Doneyloop Road
6. Pettigo-Shanaghey-Castlederg
7. Pettigo-Tullanashane/Ballymongan-Castlederg
8. Donegal/Laghey-Tullycar-Castlederg
9. Corgary-Tieveclogher-Ballybofey
10. Corgary-Meenreagh-Ballybofey
11. Laghtfoggy Road-Meenreagh-Ballybofey
12. Laghtmorriss Road-Cronalaghey Road-Ballybofey
13. Carn Road-Crossroads-Killygordon
14. Moneygal Road-5 Crossroads to Castlefin-Liscooley
15. Lurganbuoy Road to Clady
16. Shortcut through Tullywhisker
17. Aghyaran to Donegal Town
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