Cars failing NCT because Kilkenny roads in ‘appalling condition’

“It’s no wonder vehicles are failing the NCT when roads on laneways are in appalling condition,” according to a north Kilkenny councillor.

Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick joined calls at the recent meeting of Castlecomer municipal district councillors for increased funding for local road improvements.

Schemes for rural roads, known as the CIS (Community Involvement Scheme) and LIS (Local Improvement Scheme) are in need of extra funding, councillors agreed.

Cllr Mary Hilda Cavanagh pointed out they had already written to the department asking for increased funding and urged council officials to write again. “We write and we ask and we beg if we have to. People have paid development charges and they expect better.”

Cllr Fitzpatrick suggested ‘an amnesty’ to clear out the funding applications from communities.
Cllr Michael McCarthy agreed it is now “an urgent situation” and Cllr John Brennan said he could not see a problem with the government putting extra money into the schemes.