No funding allocated for bypass of Kerry town that is suffering from 'significant' daily traffic delays
The statement was made at Friday's meeting of the Kenmare Municipal District following a question by Fianna Fáil Cllr Tommy Cahill who asked that Kerry Council provide a comprehensive report outlining their plans to address, what he called, significant daily traffic delays in Killorglin town.
In their response, the council said that minor proposals to assist with traffic flow in the town are being considered as part of the public realm improvements that will be proposed under the Killorglin Rural Regeneration and Development Fund.
However, they said a bypass is the only intervention that will have a significant impact on traffic congestion at peak times.
Noting their response. Cllr Cahill asked if a bypass of the town is something that is seriously being looked at or considered because the traffic situation is something that seriously needs alleviating.
"The issue of traffic is quite significant in Killorglin town. People are missing dental appointments and medical appointments because of it,' he said.
To this, the council said that looking at the current TII allocations, there is currently no funding 'on the books' for a bypass of the town but that discussions between them and TII about one have taken place over the years.
The council said that it will raise the idea again with the TII Inspectorate at the next meeting to get an indication of what their feeling would be in relation to the project in the context of the overall national situation around funding.
They added that TII funding has been very constrained over the last couple of years but there are indications that it may improve over the next number of years.
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