SOCIAL Democrats councillor Elisa O’Donovan called on the Council to consider providing additional funding to grit city centre footpaths and make salt available during cold weather.
In response, Cllr O’Donovan was told at a recent Metropolitan District meeting that it is not possible to treat all 4,000km of roadway in County Limerick as part of the normal winter maintenance programme.
“Priority is given to the national route and strategic regional route system, which carries the most intensive volumes of commuter traffic,” said John Gannon of the Council’s Roads, Traffic, and Cleansing department.
“It is not possible to include the provision of salt in such areas but in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to carry out surface treatments,” he added.
