Tipperary council to raise potholed section of N24 near Cahir with national roads body

Tipperary County Council’s roads chief gave a commitment to raise with Transport Infrastructure Ireland the need to resurface a section of the N24 near Cahir when two councillors highlighted its potholed riddled state at the authority’s December meeting.

Independent Cllr Máírín McGrath and Fine Gael Cllr Marie Murphy raised the poor condition of the 250m section of the N24 between Pollards and the Apple Farm at Moorstown at a recent meeting of Tipperary/Cahir/Cashel Municipal District councillors.

And they did so again at Tipperary County Council’s monthly meeting in Nenagh.

Cllr McGrath said this section of the N24 was “absolutely lethal with potholes” and cars had to keep right out to the centre line to avoid them.

She warned council management that the poor state of the road will cause an accident and complained that they weren’t getting anywhere with getting the TII to fix the problem.

The Newcastle councillor urged council officials to press the TII to resurface this section of pavement, which was long past needing to be renewed.

Cllr Murphy agreed. This was a main thoroughfare and for this matter not to be resolved months after it had been first raised was a “crazy situation”, she declared.

The Council’s Director of Roads Services Marcus O’Connor responded that there was a pavement improvement scheme for the N24 at Knockagh, Cahir due to start in the new year but he didn’t think it will extend out as far as the section of the road between Pollards and the Apple Farm

He said the council will raise the issue highlighted by the two councillors with the TII.