Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ten lives have been lost there as the Minister is well aware. We need an upgrade. The two-pus-one system is not exactly perfect. We objected to it when it was proposed by the National Roads Authority, NRA. We said it was not good enough and wanted a motorway system but instead it went for the two-pus-one system. It has not worked. Two dangerous junctions are involved, where ten lives have been lost. While improvement works have been undertaken at these junctions, that is not satisfactory and it is still dangerous. We want the process to go forward to amalgamate the two junctions and put in an overbridge. That will solve the whole problem.

I thank the Minister for his interest. Will he make sure that TII pushes this forward without delay? At a recent Committee of Public Accounts meeting, I raised this matter with the TII and it gave a commitment to progressing this as fast as possible.

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