Laois County Council have been called upon to make several improvements to public infrastructure across the south-east of the County.
Independent Cllr Aisling Moran raised issues in four locations: Wolfhill, Luggacurran, Ballylinan and Vicarstown.
Cllr Moran first asked that the Council resurface the road from the handball alley to the booster station in Wolfhill.
This was previously on the Council’s Roads Programme, but was removed for budgetary reasons according to the Independent Cllr, who said the works “need to be done in a bad way.”
Mr Philip McVeigh, Senior Executive Engineer said the Council “will consider the road for inclusion in the next road surfacing programme.”
Cllr Moran then asked the Council to “level the verge on the road at Vicarstown with topsoil,” and “replace the bulbs in two of the streetlights,” saying the streetlights needed to be a priority.
Mr McVeigh said the Council “will arrange for this verge work to be carried out as soon as possible,” and that the defective street light will be referred to the Public Lighting Section.
In Luggacurren, Cllr Moran called for 800m of public road on Melbourne Lane to be resurfaced, adding that small private roads should be taken in charge by the Council so as to “do the job all at the one time.”
Fianna Fáil Cllr Padraig Fleming supported the motion, saying he hoped to see this issue resolved “in the next year.”
However, Mr McVeigh again responded by saying the Council “will consider the road for inclusion in the next road surfacing programme.”
Cllr Moran also asked for an update on the drainage works to be done on the road opposite the old school in Luggacurren, which Mr McVeigh said would be “carried out in the coming weeks.”
Finally, Cllr Moran, along with the support of Cllr Fleming, called for the Council to remove scaffolding at a property in Ballylinan.
The Cllrs said the scaffolding is not only an eye-sore, but a health and safety hazard as well.
The pair also insist that the owner never received planning permission for the structure, which has now been up for a number of years, adding that the owner will not respond to any calls for the scaffolding to be removed.
