Newry City SDLP Councillor Michael Savage has welcomed the imminent resurfacing of Catherine Street in Newry City Centre.
“I am relieved to be informed today that the resurfacing of Catherine Street is to begin on Monday 31st July and is hoped to be completed within 5 weeks.”
“Local motorists and especially the long-suffering children, parents and staff of St Joseph’s Primary School will all agree this is one of the worst quality road surfaces in the area and its resurfacing is long overdue”
“I and my SDLP colleagues have worked tirelessly with DFI to improve road conditions along this arterial street, including in the last Assembly mandate when our former SDLP Infrastructure Minister delivered a new pedestrian crossing at the bottom of the hill.”
“Whilst this is positive news for all who use the street, I cannot go without mentioning the extreme pressures and demands DFI roads and all public sector staff are under due to the disastrous budget constraints.”
“Whilst those workers are going above and beyond in their everyday duties under the circumstances, it would be ludicrous to expect them to sustain much longer. This is at a time where potentially dangerous cash saving measures such as switching off street lights are being dangled in front of us.”
“The SDLP outrightly reject these cuts and have committed to forming an Official Opposition should the Assembly return to functioning as it should.”
Concluding, Cllr Savage said,
“As is to be expected with any road works, delays are anticipated. This is why I made it clear in my representations to DFI that the preferred option for the works completion would be a temporary ‘patching’ job which was delivered a number of weeks ago, and for the main resurfacing project to commence outside of school term time.”
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