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I recently posted about the dire conditions of the main road and hoping they wouldn’t be left in shite as they had.

We are getting new paths but this time they (Fingal) appear to be getting it right.  I wonder did someone from the council decide to walk the village and maybe bring a few kids along to discover the risks.  I’m guessing probably not.  In the past walking to the shop was a bit of a dare.

If the cars passing didnt mount the path and clip you, they’d get you on the bend after loosing control.  Probably catching you with a bit of a flip and landing in Donohoe Agri’s field.

We’re getting super paths.  Man, they are high and believe me that is a good thing.  I don’t think there is a chance of a tractor mounting that curb without someone behind the wheel noticing. A car definitely couldn’t mount them.

Yes, they will damage a car (tough luck- slow down- watch the road), but at the same time they will keep the cars where they should be (on the road) and probably save a life.

If you had ever tried to pull out of my road on a wet day, you know the prayer ” I hope to shit no one come speeding around that corner” because they would, did and have lost control in the past, mounted the curb and add additional shock and loss of control and you’ve got yourself into a right mess.

I’m delighted, people will be safe.  Fair play to Siearra and Fingal for getting it right first time.  No one needs to cross the road at that point so the height of the curb isn’t an issue.

Also a few kids are starting to play on that green so the worry of the cars is not so much.

Is Fingal County Council doing a good enough job?

Like many a self builder I had to pay for the privilege to build a house on my on land.  Fingal County Council call it the Development levy.  Basically, for ever square meter of development you have to pay €130.00.  Fingal County Council say its your contribution to maintain road frontage amongst other things.  That is all well and good, if they get out there and fix/maintain stuff.

To this day I have not seen a Fingal County Council worker doing anything of the sorts in the village.  Granted, I’ve not gone out of my way to look for them and in fairness I have seen one or two water division vans along the way.

I suspect Fingal County Council would rather out source and contract projects.  At this minute work is taking place but I wonder has anyone asked Fingal County Council if they are inspecting same.  It wasn’t so long ago the (for example) main street of Ballyboughal village was resurfaced.  It was a two part project that stretched as far as Roganstown.

It was a perfect drive, not a single pot hole so to speak.  It didn’t last very long as contractors are back out there ripping up the road to lay new pipes. Whats got my goat up is the state they leave it in?

I could bang on about how we all pay road tax and how we are getting ripped off having to put up with sub standard roads however I wont, instead I’ll get a few snaps of the conditions the road surface is being left in and wait and see how it turns out after the pipe makes its way to the new housing estate being developed.

I’ll also drop into Fingal County Council and make some inquiries, to see what they have to say about it.