More funding is needed for Kerry under the Local Improvement Scheme.
That’s according to Fianna Fáil councillor Breandán Fitzgerald.
He tabled a motion at a recent meeting of Kerry County Council calling for additional resources.
Funding allocated under the Local Improvement Scheme is used to repair non-public rural roads and laneways which provide access to rural homes and farms and are not normally maintained by the local authority.
At a recent council meeting, Cllr Breandán Fitzgerald sought for the Minister for Transport, Darragh O'Brien and Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary to be asked for additional funding for the county to be allocated under the scheme.
He says more funding is needed to complete projects on the list.
Cllr Fitzgerald says Kerry is being allocated around €1 million or €1.5 million annually under the scheme, and there are between 500 and 600 roads on the list; he says the county needs to get an awful lot more funding.
The West Kerry councillor says it has to get to a stage where there’s a realistic hope for people that are not on the scheme to be able to make an application as lots of people are living in areas where roads are classed as private.
He says rural roads need to be looked after.
