Filling in Galway potholes paves way for election success

Galway has delivered what must be an election first – politicians fulfilling a promise before any votes are cast!

Residents living along what’s known as the Killeeneen Road in Craughwell were so tired of the potholes, they shouted ‘stop’.

They erected a sign at the top of the road with a warning to canvassers in the local or European elections intending on leaflet-dropping and knocking on doors in the area looking for votes.

“Councillors: Take Note, if you want our vote, repair our road”, read the threatening sign at the top of the road.

Normally, demands like that fall on deaf ears and are maybe followed up on after the election . . . or are forgotten about once the votes are in the bag!

But the politicians round Craughwell, fearful of losing a chunk of ‘number ones’, certainly sat up and paid attention . . . soon after the signs were erected, construction workers were despatched to fix the craters.

The local road, from Craughwell to Ardrahan, quite a busy stretch, is the old Dublin Road to Limerick Road and carries a fair amount of daily traffic.

The road surface was so poor the potholes damaged vehicles.

Residents, tired of broken promises, decided to take a stand, and vowed to give a frosty reception to any Councillors or election hopefuls until Galway County Council fixed the road.

See full story in this week’s Connacht Tribune.