Yellow box markings at Green Bridge need to be repainted

The yellow box markings on the Green Bridge, Mullingar, have faded and need to be replaced, according to Cllr Bill Collentine. At the October meeting of the Municipal District of Mullingar Kinnegad, he was assured that the issue would be examined by the district engineer.

Eircom building at Blackhall

The Eircom building at Blackhall, Mullingar, is part of a masterplan for the regeneration of the area and the owners will be consulted about its future, Cllr Michael Dollard was told at the October meeting of Municipal District of Mullingar Kinnegad.

At the same meeting Cllr Dollard was told that a footpath on the Ardmore Road that is causing surface water to enter a property could be examined as part of the forthcoming Active Travel plan and that the elimination of litter at Portnashangan diving board at Lough Owel could be considered by the anti-litter sub-committee.

Broken signs and bollards

Broken signs and broken bollards were the subjects of questions tabled by Cllr John Shaw for the October meeting of Municipal District of Mullingar Kinnegad.

He was assured that a yield sign across from the playground at Rochfortbridge, which he complained was broken and facing the wrong way, had been replaced; a broken bollard at the speed limit sign on the Tyrrellspass side of Rochfortbridge will be replaced as part of planned resurfacing works there, and a broken bus stop sign in Rochfortbridge has been reported to Bus Éireann.

Fifty metres of path in Delvin

“It’s 50 metres long! We’ll probably spend more time on emails than would do the bloody thing,” declared an exasperated Cllr Frank McDermott at the monthly meeting of the Municipal District of Mullingar Kinnegad.

He was responding to news that funding to finish the footpath on the N52 to the GAA pitch in Delvin will have to be sought from TII.