TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY

Sligo County Council is responsible for the provision and maintenance of a modern and efficient transport network and to facilitate the delivery of a service infrastructure to attract sustainable investment and enterprise. 

Objective

Subject to available resources, a number of important environmental protection measures will be implemented over the course of the plan, including waste management, water quality and conservation, pollution control, litter management, noise and air pollution and climate change/energy efficiency.

Strategy

To work with consumers on the planning and delivery water conservation measures to eliminate wastage and to ensure treated water is regarded as valuable resource, and to produce information programmes in the critical areas of environmental awareness and climate change/energy efficiency.

Delivery

• Provide a clean living environment for the citizens of Sligo.
• Promote the conservation of areas of natural environmental value.
• Protect and improve water and air quality in Sligo.
• Reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
• Prepare and implement a ‘Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Strategy’ for Sligo County Council.

Key Documents

• Roads Act, 1993
• Sligo and Environs Development Plan 2010-2016
• Sligo County Development Plan 2005-2011
• Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012
• County Sligo Water Conservation and Network Management Project