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The Galway City Council’s first meeting of 2024 began with icy stares rather than heated debate this week.

Members of a Strategic Policy Committee in Mayo County Council have been asked to do the research and appraise themselves fully of the potential consequences of supporting a proposed expansion of gas exploration in North Mayo, before making any final decision on the matter.

A Westport Fine Gael councillor has asserted that Mayo is set to have a poor tourist season this summer as a result of a shortage of accommodation due to the housing of Ukrainians, tied in with the fact that, as a county, it has become 'stale' in terms of what it offers visitors.

A councillor has said that officials in Transport Infrastructure Ireland overseeing Mayo "must be living on the moon" in relation to a response that was received to his notice of motion, calling for the reduction in the speed limit at the junction of Ardboley North on the Claremoris Road in Balla from 80km to 60km per hour.

There is expected to be some good news on improving the N26 between Mount Falcon outside of Ballina and Foxford in the coming weeks.

The Cathaoirleach of the Roads and Transport Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) of Mayo County Council has called for the Western Rail Corridor to be reinstated into the National Development Plan.

Horse drawn carriages should be banned from all national primary and secondary roads, as should the racing of horse drawn vehicles in County Galway.

Members of the public are being warned that they could be liable for damage to vehicles if they place bollards or hazards on the set-back area in front of their homes.

Independent councillor Johno O'Malley has called for an immediate programme to open water tables and to clean culverts in areas, to prevent further deterioration for roads in the county. Speaking at this month's Roads and Transport Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) meeting, Cllr O'Malley said: "We have roads that have been destroyed and will have more damage done again this year, because they are not on the programme and the weather has done a lot of damage to them. But there is a thing that is not happening that should be happening, the water tables are not being opened at all - roads that are flooded are just closed off completely and people are just chancing through them; and it is because, in some places, there are pipes and in others, there are none, or in some, there are pipes and they are buried and not working. I think a programme should be put in place immediately, that any place that needs water tables opened and drained, it should be done, because otherwise, the roads will decay all together, because you know it is the water that does the real damage." Head of Roads for Mayo County Council, Paul Dolan, told Cllr O'Malley: "There is a drainage grant of €1.33 million so each municipal district has drainage money, that is where they should be spending the drainage money, in opening the likes of the water tables and improving drains and culvert access. Each district has a drainage allocation, that is where it should be."

The roads and transportation Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) of Mayo County Council has adopted a proposed policy in relation to managing Roadside Memorials, in the interests of road safety.