Introduction by County Manager
2007 was a busy and productive year for Sligo County Council with a number of major projects progressed or delivered across our many service areas.
WATER SERVICES INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
One of the most significant investments this Council has made in recent years is through the Water Services Programme, which has seen the provision of a quality water supply to households all over the county. In the last year almost €200 million has been invested in this programme, which has seen the completion of fifty two schemes serving over eighteen hundred households.
BRIDGE PROGRAMME
While our major capital programme has seen the delivery of water and waste water schemes, road projects and housing programmes, there is a raft of excellent work being delivered in other areas that do not attract the same notice. For instance, our bridge repair and maintenance programme has seen the careful restoration of some of Sligo’s oldest bridges, and over the last five years improvements have been carried out to twenty five bridges, involving an expenditure of €1.7million.
In 2008 I hope to see work advanced on the Eastern Garavoge River Bridge. The new bridge and approach roads will provide a new high-quality, single-carriageway Urban Distributor Road link on the Eastern side of Sligo City. It will provide for the ongoing commercial, residential, recreational and social development of communities in the East of the City, on both the North and South sides of the Garavoge River .
INFRASTRUCTURE
One of our main responsibilities as a Local Authority is to plan and deliver high quality transport and service infrastructure to meet future demands of the commercial and private sector. Businesses and people want to be where there is a wide range of infrastructure and facilities. In this context Sligo is very well positioned as a key centre for economic growth in the northwest, and the construction of major infrastructural projects sends a positive message to existing and potential enterprises that the Local Authorities will deliver for Sligo.
Hubert Kearns
Sligo County Manager
