Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise the issue of funding to provide port access from the northern cross route in Drogheda. Last year the local authorities applied for funding from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund, but the application was refused by the Government. The local authorities have appealed the decision on the basis that this vital piece of infrastructure is central to the northern environs plan. Funding the construction of the route would allow the local authorities to open up lands for housing development, an issue about which the Taoiseach spoke yesterday and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, speaks about continuously speaks. If the appeal is not upheld and funding is not made available, sustainable planning will not happen and Drogheda will continue to be gridlocked on a daily basis, with HGVs passing through the town centre.

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