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Rural road maintenance

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  • 05-03-2010 6:08pm
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    hal14
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭


    Hi, we live down an 'unadopted' road in rural Galway and the state of it is shocking. It is basically a road down into the local bog, the council surfaced it years ago but we are told that this was purely an act of goodwill on their part. During turf cutting season it is mainly used by tractors / turf cutters and the surface is well chewed up. I was always under the impression that it would not be fixed by the council as it is 'unadopted' but was told yesterday that the council should be obligated to repair it as there are two dwellings on it. The houses are around 200m from a maintained road through the village and any maintenance would only have to go that far and not the full couple of miles.

    Does anyone know anything about this or where I can get clarification?

    Thanks
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    pops
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭pops


    I would get in touch with the Co.co. As far as I know if it's a public road they have to keep it in order. There is also a scheme for care of public roads (bog roads etc.) if you live in a Gaeltacht area. Get in touch with Roinnn na gaeltachta for more info on this.


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    hal14
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭hal14


    Thanks for that Pops. Unfortunately the road is classed as 'Private' even though every farmer and his dog uses it through the summer. We are not in a gaeltacht area either unfortunately.


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