€1m for County Leitrim village bypass among roads and greenway funding allocation

A County Leitrim town bypass has been granted €1m as part of a €5m funding allocation for the development of road and greenway projects in County Leitrim.

The N4 Carrick-on-Shannon to Dromod road which will bypass the village of Drumsna has been granted €1,000,000 as part of a major funding announcement by the TII.

The N16 Manorhamilton to Cornacloy road has received €1,200,000 with phase two and four of the pavement scheme granted €600,000 each.

The SLNCR, Sligo to Enniskillen Greenway has been awarded €1,500,000.

This project is to provide a greenway from Sligo town to Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, passing through Collooney, Ballintogher, Dromahair, Manorhamilton, Glenfarne, Blacklion, Belcoo and Letterbreen on the way.

Other projects awarded funding include the N16 at Drummahan has been awarded €130,000, while the Munakill Realignment project has been granted €100,000.

Sligo Leitrim TD Frank Feighan has hailed the funding announcement as a breakthrough day for the North west region.

Significant funding will see a number of significant projects progress under this announcement including the long-awaited news on the N17 and the N4 alongside progress for the Sligo Greenway and the SLNCR greenway from Sligo to Enniskillen.

Deputy Feighan expressed his gratitude to An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for his intervention at cabinet to ensure key road and infrastructure projects would proceed which he sees as vital to redress the economic imbalance in this country and open up the North West for more Investment.

“There was deep concern that the progress of the N17 and the N4 would be halted, the TII funding allocations indicate otherwise, both these projects are essential to the development and investment potential for the North West, Sligo needs the N17 road project to progress without any delays and I am thankful to this government and my party leader for listening to my concerns and ensuring the necessary funding was provided in this year’s allocation.

“Finally, I am delighted to see the major greenway projects across both counties progress under this funding statement today, over the coming years the development of the SLNCR and the Sligo Greenway is pivotal to Sligo and North Leitrim’s tourism ambitions”, concluded Deputy Feighan.

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