Good Friday Committee to focus on cross-border road infrastructure

30th November 2016

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Session A: North South Cooperation on Cross Border Road Infrastructure
[Councillor PJ O'Hanlon, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council; Councillor Mary Garrity, Chair of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council; Mr. Eamonn O’Sullivan, Chief Executive, Monaghan County Council; Mr. Seamus Neely, Chief Executive, Donegal County Council; Mr. Brendan Hegarty, Chief Executive, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council and Mr. John Kelpie, Chief Executive, Derry City and Strabane District Council; and other representatives of these Councils].

Session B: North South Cooperation on Cross Border Road Infrastructure – Narrow Water Bridge
[Ms. Joan Martin, CEO, Louth County Council and Mr. Liam Hannaway, CEO, Newry Mourne and Down District Council].

Committee Chairperson, Kathleen Funchion TD said, “The significant growth in cross-border co-operation over the past 20 years has been an extremely welcome development. Trade between the North and South continues to grow and the roads infrastructure plays an important in this. Tomorrow we will discuss funding programmes

“Also on the agenda will be the proposed Narrow Water Bridge. The bridge would link Omeath and Warrenpoint at the top of Carlingford Lough where it meets the Newry River. Plans were stalled due to funding issues. The cross-border bridge has been the subject of talks for many years now and the Committee will wish to hear how this potential infrastructure project could provide a boost for the local economies both sides of the border.”

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ENDS