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The official opening of the new Garrycastle Bridge is to take place this morning, Friday May 9, at 11.30am.

Westmeath is to receive just under €8m for the maintenance and upkeep of its regional and local roads, out of a national allocation of €332m, it was revealed this week.

A large swathe of eastern Athlone experienced an unplanned breakdown in its water supply yesterday (January 16) after an accidental breach in a mains pipe close to Garrycastle bridge, but most had supply returned by 7pm.

Midlands Simon Community are asking for people to show their solidarity for those experiencing homelessness in Athlone by joining their team for this year’s 5km Stroll for Simon.

A councillor has welcomed the start of the new, €6 million Garrycastle bridge, and claimed it as a “fulfilment of a political promise that I made to the electorate when I contested the 2009 election for Athlone Town Council”.

Construction on the realignment of Garrycastle Bridge is expected to start early next year after the council received formal approval for the project this week.

That trickiest of junctions - the Garrycastle railway bridge - is now expected to be finally finished in “early 2014”, only two and a half years after it was originally predicted for completion.

With just three weeks to go before Westmeath County Council makes a preliminary decision on the plans for the €1.4bn Chinese exhibition suburb on the eastern edge of Athlone, only four critical submissions have been received by the planning department to date.

Garda assistance during the N6 road works will be “ongoing” until October, it has been confirmed this week.