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NEARLY €800,000 in funding will be made available for the upgrade of rural laneways and non-public roads in Kerry under the Local Improvement Scheme as part of Our Rural Future, the Government’s policy for rural development. The funding announcement of €791,460 is in addition to the €704,030 paid out in April, bringing […]

THE Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD had a busy Thursday in north Kerry as she performed two official tasks. The Minister turned the sod on the €61m Listowel Bypass project and performed the official reopening of the R556 Rathscannell (Dale) road between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff […]

KERRY County Council has been granted €29,564,872 under the 2022 investment programme for regional and local roads. This tranche of funding will be used to provide maintenance and restoration works to a number of key regional and local road networks in Kerry. Under the programme the Dale road (R556) has […]

A TOTAL of €1,187,099 has been allocated for repairs and improvement works on non-public roads in rural communities in Kerry this year, as part of the Government’s ‘Our Rural Future’ project. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, announced an allocation of €10.5m nationally today, the second investment […]

AN allocation of €689,930 in funding has been made for repairs and improvement works on non-public roads in rural communities in Kerry. The funding, announced under the Local Improvement Scheme, will improve access to rural homes and farms, as well as outdoor amenities such as lakes, rivers, mountains and beaches. […]

IT has been announced that €29,546,648 has been granted to Kerry Co Council under the 2021 investment programme for regional and local roads. Under the programme, the Tralee Northern Relief Road will receive €1,500,000 in direct funding while the Dale road (R556) has been awarded €2,500,000 for specific improvements. This […]

KERRY County Council has developed a design for the proposed N72 Killorglin-Anglont Road Improvement Scheme, details of which will be announced on a public webinar on Friday, February 19. Members of the public are invited to register for the online presentation at which details of the 2.6km scheme will be […]

ALMOST €28m has been allocated to Kerry County Council for investment in national roads in the county next year. Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s (TII) budget for 2021 today allocated €26,855,000 million for improvement of roads in Kerry. They also released a second tranche of funding worth €1,092,721 million which will specifically […]

KERRY’S national roads are to receive over €25 million of a cash injection in 2020, an increase of over six million on 2019. The announcement was made today by Kerry Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin. Minister Griffin said […]

A NEW 3.5km road between Milltown and Killorglin which was opened today provides an improved road surface and shorter journey times for approximately 7,000 vehicles per day. The N70 Kilderry Bends Improvement Scheme was officially opened by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan […]

FUNDING of over €1.5m has been announced for two road projects near Tralee. It comes as the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, announced funding of over €22m from the Department to go towards works on Kerry’s Regional and Local roads in 2019. Included […]

FUNDING of €300,000 from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is to go towards works to prepare the R556 Dale Road for full reconstruction. Kerry Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin welcomed the funding which is part of an […]

KERRY TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, confirmed yesterday that €1.65 million is to be made available to Kerry County Council (KCC) by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for the resurfacing of four kilometres of the N69  Listowel to Tralee Road at […]

KERRY national roads are to receive nearly €19 million of a cash injection in 2019, an increase of over two million on 2018. Minister Brendan Griffin said that the funding is just the first tranche of Kerry roads funding for 2019, with three further funding rounds to come in respect […]

TENDER documents for the construction of the the N22 Macroom-Baile Bhuirne bypass scheme will be published today, with construction envisaged to begin in 2019. Kerry Fine Gael TD and Minister of State in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, this morning announced the documents will be published on […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has welcomed the announcement from Minister for Public Works, Kevin Boxer Moran, that his department is allocating €176,166 to  fund a detailed design for the coastal road between Kilfenora and Fenit. The money is being allocated to Kerry County Council to progress the badly […]

WORK is due to begin next month on the construction of a new road at the Kilderry Bends on the N70 between Milltown and Killorglin following the appointment of a contractor for the €10m project. Kerry County Council has received approval from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to appoint Cork-based Sorenson Civil […]

THE next phase of the €10million N70 Kilderry Bends Improvement Scheme will commence next week with the closing of tenders for the archaeological test trenching and resolution contract for the project. The improvement scheme includes the provision of a new 3.5km section of the N70 between Milltown and Killorglin. The scheme’s […]

THE contract has been awarded for the construction of two new sections of the N86 road between Tralee and Dingle. The contract for the major improvement works between Lispole and Ballynasare and between Ballygarret and Camp has been awarded to Kerry-based Allman Contracts Ltd and Mid-Cork Tarmacadam Ltd operating as a […]

KERRY County Council took in over €25 million in motor tax between January and the end of August according to figures from Minister for Local Government Simon Coveney. This was the the ninth highest amount in the country.  Figures were revealed by by Minister Simon Coveney in response to a question by Fianna Fáil leader […]

AN allocation of €4 million will be given to Kerry County Council to urgently address damaged regional and local roads following recent winter storms. The Government funding will be provided immediately to the council to begin the repairs. “I welcome the funding for Kerry roads after a particularly severe winter period which […]

NEARLY €13m has been allocated to Kerry for road improvement and maintenance works. The funding – of €12,916,782 – is part of a €298 million national investment programme for 2016 for regional and local roads. Projects to receive funding include: Cluainin Development, Listowel; Dromevame, Kenmare; Killerisk ; Listry Bridge Milltown; Convent Cross […]

FUNDING of €3.8 million has been allocated for the upgrade of the N86 Dingle to Annascaul and Gortbreagoge to Camp Road sections of the N86, which will include a cycleway, road widening and improved pedestrian facilities. The N86 Dingle to Annascaul and Gortbreagoge to Camp Road Improvement Scheme comprises of […]

OVER €7.7m in funds have been allocated for improvement and maintenance work on Kerry roads today. Kerry County Council will be allocated €6,323,517 for road improvements and €1,445,446 for road maintenance, totalling €7,768,963. Castleisland By-Pass is to be allocated €150,000, Tralee By-Pass; €300,000, William Street Pavement Surface Repairs € 100,000, Kilderry […]

A KERRY TD has described the omission of the Killarney to Farranfore N22 proposed road development from the Government’s recently announced €42bn investment plan, as a severe blow for the county. Kerry South Independent TD, Tom Fleming, has described the decision as a massive setback to the infrastructural needs of the county. Deputy […]

FUNDING has been approved for works on the N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom road and a bypass of Adare. This comes as part of a €6bn investment in the road network announced by the Government today in its €42bn capital investment plan for the country. Meanwhile, €7.5 million has been allocated to […]

THE Tralee to Dingle road is included in a €6o million shot in the arm for Ireland’s road network. The funding, which is being allocated by the National Roads Authority (NRA) who have identified the roads where works are to be carried out, will allow for construction on the selected […]

Click on above ad for more IT may be some time before a pedestrian crossing is introduced in the Killerisk area, councillors were told at the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday. Cllr Norma Foley (FF) asked that a pedestrian crossing be provided on the Killerisk road Tralee as a matter […]