Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I also wish to speak in favour of improvements to Bóthar Dhoire Fhearta in Cearthrú Rua. It is a local road which has been an ongoing issue for residents there for many years.

The county council has acquired land in order to widen the road and deal with part of the problem, namely that it is very narrow in places. Some work has been done and our call today is for funding to be made available for the most dangerous part of the road. There is a very dangerous bend where there are no sight lines. Schoolchildren travel on this road each day. There are double-decker buses filled with students. As we move into the summer period, the Gaeltacht summer courses will commence and there will be a huge influx of people who will use this road. Thousands of vehicles use it daily and over many years, residents have called for this to be addressed. One more spell of bad weather could seriously undermine the road and we need funding to start the process at least, as it is critical that we start to deal with the most dangerous areas.

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