Leitrim road damaged by timber lorries ‘has collapsed’, meeting hears

A road in Leitrim has been so badly damaged by timber lorries that it has collapsed, a meeting of Ballinamore Municipal District has heard.

Cllr Róisín Kenny put forward a motion regarding the L55831-0 in Aughavas, where her motion stated, “this road has been so badly damaged from lorries moving timber that the road has collapsed.

“I ask Leitrim County Council to please liaise with the relevant forestry company and get this road repaired. The road is so badly damaged that realistically no further loads will be able to be brought along it.”

Cllr Kenny told the meeting that local people living on the road are “very concerned” that it be fully repaired.

“I would hope the forestry company in question would get it repaired as soon as possible. Realistically, no more timber is going to be brought out that way because it’s too dangerous so there’s no need to wait for them to finish bringing it all out,” she said.

A response from the Roads Department confirmed that the Council is in discussions with the forestry company regarding the damage to the road.

The company has been instructed to carry out repairs and has also been instructed that no further loads of timber are to be extracted until the repairs have been completed.

Cllr Paddy O’Rourke commented that he attended a meeting with people who have been “greatly inconvenienced” by the current condition of the road, and said the company needs to make good for the damage that has happened.

“The people who live there can’t be left with the road in that condition,” he said.