Ballymote-Tubbercurry Agendas 2024

Agenda of Meeting of the Municipal District of Ballymote-Tubbercurry to be held on Monday 11th November 2024 at 2 p.m.


Sligo County Council
Infrastructural Services Section
High Market House
Market Street
Sligo

5th November, 2024 

TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BALLYMOTE- TUBBERCURRY

A meeting of the Municipal District of Ballymote-Tubbercurry will be held:

ON:  Monday, 11th November, 2024

AT:  2pm

IN:  Teach Laighne

You are requested to attend.

Sarah McNamara
Staff Officer

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting of the Municipal District of Ballymote- Tubbercurry held 23rd September, 2024, posted on Extranet.
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the Budget Meeting of the Municipal District of Ballymote Tubbercurry held 4th November, 2024, posted on Extranet.
  3. Matters Arising.
  4. Update on the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund (Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant), report posted on Extranet.
  5. N17 Knock to Collooney (Atlantic Economic Corridor) Progress update.
  6. Sligo Regional Design Office remit and overview of projects being advanced by the Office.

 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To Consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “I ask if the following roads can be included in the next 3 year programme.
    • L1806 at Emlagh, Ballymote
    • L5508-0 road at Cloonagashel, Ballymote.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “Can I ask Sligo County Council what plans it has to clear the blockages along the Clooneen river at Killavel south Sligo.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to investigate what traffic calming measures can be put in place in Mullinabrena village as requested by the local community group due to the speeding issue been reported by locals.”

 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted By Councillor G. Mullaney:
    “To ask this Council to write to the ESB requesting them to install two EV charging points Ballymote Carpark as a matter of urgency.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney:
    “To ask this Council to write to Uisce Éireann to address the serious air pollution concerns at Geevagh Waste Water Treatment Plant in the interest of public health and safety.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. Mullaney:
    “To call on Sligo Regional Design Office and TII to put in place safety measures to ensure motors can safely turn right off the N4 at the locations outlined below.

    Junction A - issue with turning right heading north from N4 onto local Rd L18012,
    Junction B - issue with turning right heading south from N4 onto local Rd L58039 at Aghanagh,
    Junction C - issue with turning right heading south from N4 onto local Rd L58039 at Hollybrook.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to seek a report from the The Department of Agriculture on the current position of Tuberculosis in Cattle in Ireland.
    1. what percentage of on farm reactors has liaisons when slaughtered?
    2. how many false positives are recorded?
    3. what is the cost of the testing program to the executer?
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “Can I ask please that the bad bend on link road L55044 at Cloonacurra Ballinacarrow be included in the low-cost accident scheme for 2025. This link road has been highlighted as a short cut to avoid the traffic build up at peak times exiting at Clarkes bridge junction. The landowner has given support to realign the dangerous bend some years ago. Can priority please be given to this junction.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “Residents at Ardconnell Ballymote living on road L56018 are concerned that the wire mesh is continuously coming loose on the outside of the steel bridge. Residents informed me the road was blocked for some time recently due to tractors-lorries catching on the loose edges of the mesh fitted due to very narrow width of the bridge and the road curve. Currently there are exposed gaps in the mesh with a step drop into a fast-flowing river which could be dangerous to children walking along that road.

    Can this please be inspected.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “I ask this MD again that signage, rumble strips or traffic calming ramps be installed along the road R296 at Carrownanty Ballymote as a matter of urgency to slow motorists & prevent an accident waiting to happen in that area.

    There are over 100 homes such as estates like Castlegrove, Towerhill, also has the busy Train station, Nursing home. and many private houses located along this busy regional road which is a 50 KM stretch but locals are encountering speeding daily and have requested such signage be fitted.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor L. Brennan:
    “To ask Sligo County council to ask Uisce Éireann why there was no notice given to people of Riverstown with ref to the recent Boil Water notice,”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor L. Brennan:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to install Audible Pedestrian crossing facilities for the partially sighted people in Tubbercurry at 3 locations, 2 of which are existing locations, above Cawley’s hotel, and Surlis, with the 3rd on the Mountain Road Junction.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor L. Brennan:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to include 3 extra roads in the winter gritting program, Taylor’s cross / Coola to Riverstown Rd. L1303, used by local link and a large number of school buses, Castlebaldwin to Ballymote, L1404 and Drumfin to Ballymote L1502.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor B. Gallagher:
    “Call on Sligo County council to contact the department of transport to ask can improvement works be carried out / money put towards the R296 road from Bunnanaddan to Ballymote. Works to involve improvements works to the road surface, signage and drainage works.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor B. Gallagher:
    “Call on Sligo County Council to contact the OPW in relation to the previous government building on Teeling Street which the OPW acquired back in late 2020. Has a design process now been completed and have the OPW looked at using the building as a new state of the art Garda Station.
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor B. Gallagher:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to contact the TII and department of transport about the remarking of the N17 road from Bellaghy to Ballinacarrow. The markings are very poor and, in some places, not even visible. I would ask that particular attention is taken to alert markings coming up to junctions and where a vehicle is exiting / entering a domestic dwelling. One example house Eircode F56P499 where when the house owner is exiting her house, she looks to the right for oncoming traffic but there is also a possibility of a car coming towards her from the left as the road marking has a broken white line to let vehicles pass out even with the 80Km / h speed limit.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask Sligo Co Council to report on what plans are in place to carry out works to the Bridge at Calteran, Gurteen, Co Sligo.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to carry out road lining works to include cats eyes on the Regional Road R295 from Ballymote to Keash.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask this Council what criteria is on place for the facilitation and installation of disabled parking bays at Community facilities, including Church Car Parks.”
  17. Vote of Sympathy.
  18. Vote of Congratulations.
  19. Correspondence.
    1. Reply from HSE Regional Heath Forum West re Gurteen GP Family Practice 4.10.2024
  20. Date and venue for the next MD Meeting
  21. Any Other Business.

 


Meeting Date 11/11/2024