PLANS for a long-awaited new inner relief road, running from the busy traffic junction at Upper High Street to Bohereen na Goun, near Dunnes Stores, are advancing steadily and funding has already been provided, it has been confirmed.
Council officials said site surveys and ground investigations have been completed and detailed designs for the project are almost finalised.
Funding has been secured through the Urban Regeneration Development Fund and senior council officials are holding monthly meetings with the appointed consultants to ensure the project proceeds without delay.
Responding to a query from Cllr Donal Grady, who said the delay in building the road was not good enough and it has dragged on for too long, the local authority said it is in the process of agreeing accommodation works and negotiations are ongoing with the three landowners involved.
The inner relief road will run from Monsignor O’Flaherty Road off High Street to Bohereen na Goun, at the rear of commercial premises on New Street.
The long-term plan it to join the High Street junction with the new inner relief road, as proposed in a major traffic management study, commissioned by the council and published by consultants Malachy Walsh and Partners, in November 2016.
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