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Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, has welcomed the allocation of €19,109,576 to Mayo County Council under the 2015 National

Michelle Mulherin, Fine Gael TD for Mayo, says the route selection for the N26, N58 and N5 being proposed by Mayo County Council's National Roads Design Office will give a huge boost to business and tourism in Ballina and Castlebar.

Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has cautioned the elected members of Ballina Town Council on its decision to dismiss out of hand the work of the Road Design Office at Mayo County Council in finding an alternative route for the N26. Dep Mulherin said this week: “It must be remembered that up until the decision of An Bord Pleanála to refuse to confirm the CPO on the N26 Stage 2 (Mount Falcon to Bohola Road) in February 2010 the construction of that road was a priority for the county. Mayo County Council and all stakeholders were sent back to the drawing board to find an alternative route for the road. Except that was not possible for some time because, despite promises of support to address the predicament given by the previous government, no funding whatsoever was allocated to allow the council to begin the work of assessing and addressing the concerns of An Bord Pleanála and funding a new route. In effect the project was confined to the scrapheap under Fianna Fail.”

In a shock announcement this week the business community in Ballina were informed that the local Chamber of Commerce CEO, Sandra Cribben, and one part-time employee of the organisation are to lose their jobs.

All of the nine elected members of Ballina Town Council were seriously critical of all the different route options for linking the N26 out of Foxford to the N5 on to Dublin that are under consideration at present, at the April meeting of the council on Wednesday night. They were so critical that Fine Gael councillor Mark Winters proposed that Ballina Town Council reject all of the route options, which was seconded by independent councillor Gerry Ginty. Paul Hyland, senior executive engineer in the Mayo national roads design office, gave the council a presentation on the various number of routes that are under consideration. The routes will link up with the N5 at any one of a number of potential junctions between Turlough and Bohola.

A presentation of the feasible route options for the N5/N26/N58 Turlough to Bohola Road Project will be held in Straide Community Centre on Wednesday and Thursday December 5 and 6, from 2pm to 8pm.

Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has informed Ballina Town Council that €300,000 has been allocated in this year’s Roads Budget to find the best alternative national road connection to Ballina and north Mayo, following the decision by An Bord Pleanala to refuse permission for Mayo County Council’s plan for the new route.

There is no progression of the N5/N26 project to Ballina according to Tony McNulty from the road design office The senior engineer made his comments at the Roads and Transportation SPC while updating members on NRA schemes.

The focus of the original Westport-Bohola N59 upgrade has been moved with a view to developing part of the route east of Castlebar over to Mount Falcon and on to Bohola.

The decision yesterday (Thursday) by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the long awaited stage two N26 Ballina to Bohola scheme has been met with shock and disbelief.