Thousands of kilometres of regional and local roads across the country are suffering from major defects, according to a new report by a local government watchdog. The report showed 39% of the regional road network had few or no defects last year – up from 28% in 2017. Roscommon County Council had the greatest share of its road network categorised as having no or few defects – 58% of all regional roads in the county. Other areas with high levels of local roads in poor condition were Cork County and Waterford City and County Council. Improvement works were carried out on 814 kilometres of regional roads and 4,182 kilometres of local roads in 2018 from a total network of almost 96,000 kilometres.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 11:48 UTC