Roads upgrades announced for both sides of the border

A Donegal Deputy has received confirmation from Transport Infrastructure Ireland that phase phase 1 of the Mountcharles to Inver upgrade of the N56 will commence in 2018.
Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle has this week welcomed confirmation from the TII that phase 1 of the N56 upgrade from Mountcharles to Inver will begin next year.
Deputy Pringle has ackowledged the efforts of local campaigners over the years to highlight the problems at Drumbeigh.
Meanwhile, Foyle MLA Karen Mullan has welcomed an announcement by the Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities that £663,000 will be allocated for environmental improvement schemes in three Neighbourhood Renewal Areas in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area.
The funding will go towards the upgrading of footways and the resurfacing of carriageways at Lone Moor Road between Letterkenny Road and Brandywell Road, Danesfort and in the Magirr Park area of Strabane.