Transport Archives - Page 6 of 6 - Councillor Derek Mitchell

Apr 29 2014
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Council finally agrees to try to get funding for the Delgany to Blacklion Road

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Press Release Council finally agrees to try to get funding for the Delgany to Blacklion Road   At Mondays meeting of Wicklow County Council officials said they had discussed this with the National Transport Authority who may fund footpaths and cyclepaths to St. Laurence’s and this could lead to a design for the whole route. ‘This is the third meeting which I have raised this and at last we have a degree of progress’. This road has been planned for 30 years and very little has happened. There are 4…

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Apr 08 2014
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Council row over building Delgany to Blacklion Road

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At Monday’s meeting of Wicklow County Council Cllr Derek Mitchell said that there would be complete traffic chaos if it was not built ‘The Council has given permission for over 2,000 school places on this road which has been planned since at least 1987. However no work has been done on the road and much of it does not exist’. ‘3 of the 4 major schools on the road are new (Educate Together, Gaelscoile and Temple Carrig Secondary) and are filling up a year at a time while St. Laurence’s…

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Jan 03 2014
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End in sight for N11 Traffic chaos as NRA commits to address issues in 2014

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Long traffic jams at the N11/M50 merge, dangerous queuing backing onto the N11 and the disastrous junction at Kilmacanogue are one step closer to being resolved after Fine Gael councillors urged the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar to take action. Fred Barry the CEO of the National Roads Authority (NRA) has now committed to reengaging immediately with Wicklow County Council to implement measures to address the traffic chaos faced by Wicklow commuters on the N11. The issues were raised by Wicklow Councillors Derek Mitchell and John Ryan who met Minister…

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Dec 13 2013
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Mitchell and Ryan demand Minister deals with N11 Traffic Chaos

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Mitchell and Ryan demand Minister deals with N11 Traffic Chaos “The traffic chaos that morning and evening commuters are subjected to simply can’t continue” – that was the clear message delivered by two Wicklow Fine Gael Councillors to the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar. Greystones Councillor Derek Mitchell and Bray Councillor John Ryan had a private meeting in Dail Eireann last Wednesday evening where they raised traffic and safety issues affecting Wicklow drivers in their daily commute. The two councillors slammed the approach taken by the National Roads Authority who…

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Dec 03 2013
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N11 at Glen O’ Downs needs Changes to be Safer

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I have been concerned at the number of crashes, especially on the Northbound bend near the Glenview. A crash barrier was put up a while ago. A proper fence is currently being put up to better define the road edge and it is being resurfaced at the moment. However I think that the camber or banking of the road on the bend is not steep enough. Once again I have asked for this to be checked and I hope this will now be checked.

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