Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 November 2003
National Development Plan Mid-Term Evaluation: Statements.
In the case of the motorway between Waterford and Kilcullen, there are obvious blackspots in Castledermot and Carlow. There are other bad patches between Waterford and Kilkenny. These sections must be prioritised. People accept that the road south of Carlow town to Gowran is a good one and will last for some more years. We should be looking at these in realistic terms and not scrapping or indefinitely delaying projects. When I was nine years of age, I saw the plans for the Carlow by-pass that have never been realised. It is now renamed the outer relief road for Carlow and, more than likely in a few years' time, it will be renamed again as the Carlow inner-relief road because the town will have expanded so much. It is time we put our plans into action.
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