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New bridge over the Lemonstown Stream/Toor Brook. © Eugene Brennan
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I
spotted this on the way back from my cycle on the woodland trails near
Turlough Hill on Sunday evening. Construction of a new bridge/culvert over the Toor
Brook and widening of the road seems to be progressing well at
Alliganstown. The existing bridge on Mill Lane was narrow and on a bend,
with no crash barrier or parapets, so a vehicle could have potentially
ended up in the stream if it met another and had to take evasive action.
Farm vehicles on these types of lanes are common and they usually take
up the full width of the road, so hopefully this will make things a bit
safer.
Well done to Cllr. Tracey O'Dwyer who
proposed the motion in January, 2022 to carry out an assessment of the
bridge. The lane provides access to six farms and seven households,
according to the motion.
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| © Eugene Brennan |
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| © Eugene Brennan |
The
waterway is described in the council motion as the Lemonstown Stream.
Toor Brook is from Openstreetmap and the 25" circa 1900 OSI map, but
often geographical features and placenames can have several names.
