Carlow Councillor suggests it’s time to examine development of motorway linking midlands & South Leinster to Rosslare Europort

With over 10,000 daily vehicle movements on the N80, one Carlow Councillor has suggested that it’s time to examine the development of a motorway linking the midlands and South Leinster to Rosslare Europort.

Given the pending expansion of Rosslare to accommodate offshore renewable energy, the growing levels of road freight accessing the port and with our main transport arteries likely to become even busier over the next decade, Fianna Fáil’s Andrea Dalton believes a full upgrade of the N80 is worth a discussion.

Cllr Dalton told KCLR News’ Dermot Keyes that the prospect of developing a new motorway was worthy of consideration;

Meanwhile, yesterday many contacted The KCLR Daily to discuss their concerns re the static speed camera on the N80 in Carlow – if you missed that, listen back here and stay tuned again today (10am to 1pm) when the topic’s due to be revisited;