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10/07/2014
Strabane Road Schemes Total £6.2m
Road schemes in Strabane in 2013/2014 accounted for £6.2million investment in roads infrastructure in the area.
Speaking ahead of yesterday’s meeting between the Department for Regional Development (DRD) and Strabane District Council, Minister Danny Kennedy said: "My Department has invested over £135million in structural maintenance, improving many miles of road infrastructure across Northern Ireland in the last financial year.
"Despite ever increasing demands on budgets, DRD invested over £6.2million in delivering a comprehensive range of road schemes and maintenance work in the Strabane area. DRD is using its available resources highly effectively and continues to deliver quality public services in Strabane and across Northern Ireland."
Previewing the work scheduled in the area over the next year, Danny Kennedy said: "DRD’s programme for this financial year includes two trunk road resurfacing schemes to be carried out this year on the A5 Victoria Road just north of Woodend Road and at Cloghcor and a range of traffic management measures including Traffic Calming and Safer Routes to Schools projects."
(IT/CD)
Speaking ahead of yesterday’s meeting between the Department for Regional Development (DRD) and Strabane District Council, Minister Danny Kennedy said: "My Department has invested over £135million in structural maintenance, improving many miles of road infrastructure across Northern Ireland in the last financial year.
"Despite ever increasing demands on budgets, DRD invested over £6.2million in delivering a comprehensive range of road schemes and maintenance work in the Strabane area. DRD is using its available resources highly effectively and continues to deliver quality public services in Strabane and across Northern Ireland."
Previewing the work scheduled in the area over the next year, Danny Kennedy said: "DRD’s programme for this financial year includes two trunk road resurfacing schemes to be carried out this year on the A5 Victoria Road just north of Woodend Road and at Cloghcor and a range of traffic management measures including Traffic Calming and Safer Routes to Schools projects."
(IT/CD)
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