Council driving force in push for carriageway upgrade

BALLYMENA Borough Council is calling on eight other local authorities in the Northern Key Transport Corridor Area to join them in ensuring that the upgrade of the Glarryford to Drones Road dual carriageway goes ahead as soon as possible.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Jun 2012, 17:10 BST

The Chief Executive Anne Donaghy reminded councillors at their monthly meeting on Thursday night in The Braid that the proposal to upgrade 8km of the carriageway was not in the current four year investment plan as set out by the Department of Regional Development.

She said: “...it would be advantageous to liaise with relevant Councils in the Northern Key Transport Corridor area to consider a joint effort to seek to develop an approach to the Department, not only with respect to the above section of the Key Transport Corridor but, indeed, to ensure the necessary development along the entire length of the Key Transport Corridor”.

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Mrs Donaghy said the chief executives of the eight councils would be invited to an initial meeting in Ardeevin on June 19 with the aim of ensuring “this action is a priority in the next round of strategic investment and that the entire Key Transport Corridor is developed to a state of ‘spade ready’.

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