THE Department for Infrastructure has provided some detail around the decision to issue a ‘holding direction’ to Fermanagh and Omagh District Council after its Planning Committee approved development for the proposed Lakelands Retail Park in Enniskillen. However, other relevant Press enquiries, including who brought the issue to the attention of the Department, were instead deemed […]
Motorists set for summer of delays on border road
ROADWORKS: FERMANAGH motorists are set for a long summer of disruption, with road works planned for the main road to Dublin for the next three months. On Monday, Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon announced £520,000 for the final phase of the £1.2 million project on the A509 Derrylin Road at Derryhowlaght. To read more on this […]
Potholes still causing deep concern on county’s roads
49 resurfacing schemes carried out, but 1,339 road defects are still waiting on repair.
£160,000 resurfacing scheme for Castle Irvine
The main part of the scheme is due to start the week beginning 19 April.
‘Our mistake’: roads agency owns up to lane confusion
THERE was much confusion in Enniskillen recently when motorists found the layout of one of the busiest junctions in the town appeared ‘off’. Over the past two weeks there have been numerous close calls at the junction at the top of Queen Street. This is because, following recent road works, the lane markings on the […]
Work on ‘Third World’ road to Dublin could take 2 years
Anyone living in the south west of the county, and anyone who regularly travels to Cavan or Dublin, will be acutely aware of the issues on this busy stretch of road. In the past the road has been described as “a third world carriageway”, where decades-overdue widening and resurfacing works have been taking place on […]
Drivers to face more travel disruption in Fivemiletown
Diversions will be from from Enniskillen via Irvinestown, Dromore, Omagh, Ballygawley, Augher, Clogher, Fivemiletown and vice versa.
Roads agency doesn’t have enough money to fix roads
Over 10,000 ‘defects’ on local roads, many of them potholes
Wheely bad… fears pothole problems are set to deepen
ONE OF the biggest challenges facing the new Assembly will be filling in the many, many potholes across Fermanagh. Exactly ten years ago this week the Herald ran a six-page pothole special, highlighting surface problems around the county. The spread is shocking to us today in that the potholes it featured no longer seem that […]
Roads agency blames weather for delays
THE roadworks in Lisnaskea which has resulted in diversions for motorists over the summer months have been extended for two weeks due to ‘adverse weather conditions.’ Motorists in east Fermanagh have been experiencing major traffic disruption due to the closure of the main Lisnaskea to Maguiresbridge road for the past four months. The work was expected to be completed at […]