Fine Gael TD Patrick O’Donovan has said that the Minister for Transport Pascal Donohoe has accepted an invite from him to visit Co. Limerick to see the road projects on the N21 at Newcastle West and the N24 at Dromkeen which have received €4.3million from the Department of Transport. Patrick O’Donovan issued the invitation to the Minister this week as contracts for the two projects were signed.
“I spoke to the Minister and personally invited him to come to Limerick to see these two projects, both of which I have been working on for a number of years and I was delighted when he said he would come. He has a very particular interest in road safety and both of these projects have been funded because of the dangerous nature of both of them. I know for many people the funding of serious accident black spots is something very personal, and that is why I was glad when the Minister accepted my invite to come.
Patrick O’Donovan paid tribute to former Councillor, the late Mary Harty who he said had been “a champion for many years of the need to improve the N24.” He added “The Dromkeen traffic calming project had for a long time been a priority of Mary’s and before she died she would inquire from me as to the progress that was being made in getting funding for Dromkeen. I know many of the locals there deeply appreciate the work that Mary did in highlighting the condition of the N24 over many years. “
“The allocation of €3.8million from Minister Pascal Donohoe for the National Roads Authority to complete the work from the Killarney Pole to Barnagh was a huge boost for the locality before Christmas, and I am delighted now to see that the contracts have been signed so that the road can be finished. This is a substantial investment by the Government into West Limerick and I know that for many road users and residents of the area west of Newcastle West that this is good news.”
Patrick O’Donovan said that he would be finalising arrangements with the Minister’s office for his visit in the coming weeks, but he said that he would be using it to highlight areas of Transport and Tourism in Co. Limerick which he hoped to prioritise as a Government TD with the Minister.