On Tipp FM’s evening news, The 5.45:
There was a heated exchange this week after the Director of Services for Roads declared that Ardfinnan Bridge was not a priority.
Last month is was announced the National Transport Authority had removed the local bridge from the list of projects for their Active Travel Programme allocations for 2023.
At Monday’s meeting a heated discussion broke out after Marcus O’Connor said he agreed with the NTA’s decision not to prioritise the project or provide funding.
Cllr. Mairín McGrath stated this was a disappointing remark from a Director, while Cllr. Michael Fitzgerald called his comments a ‘disgrace’.
Our Reporter Jody Coffey was a the meeting and spoke to Cllr. Anglim afterwards about his thoughts:
