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Potholes won’t be fixed until 2009 02.12.08

HUGE potholes in Moville town centre are set to get even bigger as Donegal County Council has no immediate plans to fix them.
Cllr Marian McDonald yesterday tabled a question about the potholes, to the Roads Section at the local authority’s monthly meeting in Lifford. But she was told the problem won't be up for discussion until 2009!
Cllr McDonald said she is being inundated with complaints from the public about the worsening state of the road from Moville Square to Ballynally Lane.
She said drivers were being forced to swerve to avoid damage to their vehicles while at the same time running the risk of hitting other cars or pedestrians.
Donegal County Council said it had deferred resurfacing this stretch of the R241 road in recent years pending the commencement of works on the Moville-Greencastle Sewage Scheme. The local authority said the sewage works would result in a "significant adverse impact"
Potholes on Main Street in Moville.
on the road as sections would have to be dug up to facilitate new pipes.
The Roads Section has now told Cllr McDonald that "consideration will be given" to fixing the potholes in 2009, following a discussion with the Council members and confirmation of the level of grants available to carry out the job.
"This just isn't good enough," said Cllr McDonald yesterday. "We'll all have fallen into these holes before they’re filled. It's coming up to Christmas and this road will only get busier and the icy weather in the last couple of days will make these holes even worse." She said she would seek urgent talks with Council engineers and the overseer for the area in a bid to have remedial works undertaken in the meantime.
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