THE schedule for road works across Fermanagh for the next two years has been published by the Department for Infrastructure’s (DfI) Roads Service, and there are plenty of long awaited projects on the way. In a report recently delivered to the local Council, acting divisional roads manager Harry Gallagher said there would be a great emphasis on […]
Call for urgent action to repair local beauty spot
Calls for Council and the Forestry Service to work together to repair the approach to the stunning Jenkin Lake.
Potholes still causing deep concern on county’s roads
49 resurfacing schemes carried out, but 1,339 road defects are still waiting on repair.
District has highest number of outstanding road repairs
THE local council has heard how the Fermanagh and Omagh district has the highest number of outstanding road repairs, with 1339 surface defects. Following a debate when Cllr Barry McElduff was critical of the response from government to complaints about the poor conditions of our roads, the Council unanimously agreed to write to the Mnister […]
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 […]
Roslea ranked as blackspot for road users
POTHOLES around the county are continuing to cause problems for drivers. In east Fermanagh a number of potholes have recently been highlighted. Currently under the spotlight is on the Corranny Road near Roslea. Two large potholes which have been worn over a period of time are proving problematic for those travelling along the […]
Agency admits it hasn’t the funds to fix our roads
The Roads Service has said its current budget is “challenging”
Road rage…are these the county’s ‘quickest’ potholes?
FRESH CONCERNS have been raised about the state of the main Lisnaskea to Cavan road as dangerous holes have reappeared on the busy road just two weeks after it was repaired. On June 6th, Road Service inspected a section of the road at Wattlebridge close to the Derrykerrib turn off, and the following week, repairs […]
‘We’ll take to the streets over potholes ‘epidemic’
A STAGGERING 2,300 road surface “defects” have been reported in Fermanagh since the start of the year, yet only 951 have been repaired. The Department of Infrastructure confirmed the figures to the Herald after a local councillor vowed the people of the county would take to the streets if nothing was done to address the […]