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Bypass plea for Enniskillen
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BUSINESSES COULD save millions of pounds a year if a southern bypass was built to ease the chronic congestion problems of the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen, says a new report for Fermanagh District Council.
It says a 2km bypass would cost £11m and save £2.5m a year.
CVs from much of the west of Ireland transit the town en route to the ports of Belfast and Larne. An estimated 450 trucks pass through Enniskillen every day.
The town is on an island in a river between two long lakes with only one bridge to the west.
"The current situation causes serious hassle," says Tom Stephenson. transport manager for nearby Balcas Transport. "About 60% of our vehicles have to go to the west of the town and it's not unusual to have a 30-minute delay.
The Regional Transport Strategy, adopted two years ago by the now-dissolved Northern Ireland Assembly, proposed building the bypass, but it has been left out of recent road building plans.