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A delegation from Westport Town Council is to go to the offices of the NRA in order to meet representatives, as they “won’t come to us”.

With the NRA warning that large numbers of roads are not safe for users, Fine Gael Mayo Deputy Michael Ring has said every road in the country should be audited for safety.

The network of roads countywide has been described as a “danger zone” because of the thousands of potholes resulting from the recent freezing conditions. Now the Fine Gael spokesperson on Social Protection, Deputy Michael Ring, has called for a concerted effort to have them filled in as a matter of urgency.

A Connemara cottage has found itself caught up in the middle of a political storm in the US with an outgoing senator being accused of accepting a “sweetheart real estate deal” in exchange for helping a businessman friend get a presidential pardon for tax and securities crimes.

A failure of epic proportions is how Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has described the mismanagement by the Government and its agency National Road Authority which was placed in charge to deal with obtaining salt. Salt quantities in the country are diminishing by the day and local authorities have to mix salt and grit to treat the roads. It now appears that no more salt will be in the country until the end of the week, too late for the Christmas shopping season.

A footpath to border the heavy traffic passing through Mulranny village has been given funding commitment by the National Roads Authority, Belmullet area councillors were informed during the September monthly meeting.

Councillors in Westport have called on the National Roads Authority to overturn a decision not to implement a 60km speed limit at Carrowkennedy on the Leenane Road following complaints of dangerous speeding in the area.

A delegation from the Roads and Transportation SPC had a positive meeting with the National Roads Authority recently, where the NRA gave its commitment to the N5/N26 projects in the county.

The proposed N5 linking Westport and Castlebar will not have a turn off for Islandeady on it because traffic movements does not justify it. At the May monthly meeting of Castlebar Electoral Area Committee it was reported that Islandeady had 800 recorded traffic movements in a survey was carried out last July, and the NRA requires 1,000 daily traffic movements to justify a turn off.

The proposed N5 linking Westport and Castlebar will not have a turn off for Islandeady on it because traffic movements does not justify it. At the May monthly meeting of Castlebar Electoral Area Committee it was reported that Islandeady had 800 recorded traffic movements in a survey was carried out last July, and the NRA requires 1,000 daily traffic movements to justify a turn off.