elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council

Chapter 4: Infrastructure and Services
Regional Policies
The Regional Planning Guidelines for the West 2004-2016, provides Strategic Goals in Section 3.2
which seek to: secure for the Western Region (including County Roscommon) an integrated transport and
access infrastructure; to tackle infrastructure deficits in telecommunications; to improve energy efficiency;
and, to put in place a framework that would meet the service infrastructural requirements of the Region for
the present and into the future.
Local Policies
“Roscommon Common Vision”, Roscommon County Development Board Strategy, 2002 - 2012
The strategic aims of Roscommon County Development Board (RCDB) are to develop an integrated,
sustainable, and people centred framework for the development of the County. The work of the Board
aims to ensure the delivery of all public services in the county in a cost efficient and equitable manner. Its
10 year strategy plan has informed the RCDP process in relation to infrastructure provision. The
Implementation Plan for this strategy sets out all key issues, objectives, practical actions, indicators,
project completion dates and co-coordinating/partner agencies.
Roscommon County Development Plan 2008-2014
The policies and objectives outlined in this Elphin Local Area Plan are in addition to the policies and
objectives contained within the Roscommon County Development Plan, 2008-2014.
4.2.2 Physical Context
This section of the LAP will focus on access roads, urban streets, future development and major
infrastructure.
Access Roads
Elphin is connected to the N61 National Secondary Route and the national road network via a 1.5km
section of the R369 Regional Road to the west of the town. Low cost accident remedial measures were
carried out at the N61/R369 junction in 2000; however, a major realignment scheme would be required to
achieve appropriate sight lines.
Elphin is accessed directly by the R369 and R368 Regional Roads. The R369 provides access from the
west (Bellanagare and the N5) while the R368 provides access from the south (Strokestown and the N5)
and the north (Carrick-on-Shannon and the N4).
Since 2000, significant maintenance and improvement works have been carried out by Roscommon
County Council on the national road network in the vicinity of Elphin (N61, N5 and N4). With the
exception of the newly realigned N4, the National Roads Authority (NRA) funded improvement works
have focused on pavement strengthening/resurfacing works within the LAP area.
Maintenance and improvement works on the regional and local road network were funded by the
Department of Transport during this same period. Improvement works involved pavement
strengthening/resurfacing works and the realignment of critical sections of the regional network. Notable
recent and ongoing schemes include; realignment works on the R368 at Killukin, road stabilisation works
at Killummod to the north of Elphin, and realignment works on the R368 at Cregga to the south of the
town.
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