Step forward for long-awaited upgrade of N63

The tender for improvement works on the N63 between Abbeyknockmoy and Annagh Hill has been advertised.
Galway County Council has published the tender for the €6.3 million scheme which is expected to take about 15 months to construct.
The long-awaited improvement works will involve upgrading 3.2km of the existing single carriageway near Abbeyknockmoy.
It will link the M17/M18 motorway junction at Annagh Hill with a section of the N63 which has been recently been upgraded.
The works include, fencing, site clearance, traffic management, earthworks, drainage, pavement, signage, landscaping, kerbing and footway/cycleway construction.
Local councillor, Peter Roche says the work is due to be on schedule to start early next year.