Traffic disruption on athlones west side to continue in coming days

Road closures on the west side of Athlone town are set to continue over the coming days, due to ongoing resurfacing works.

Pearse Street was closed from Monday to Wednesday, due to the resurfacing, but the street is now open to traffic once again.

Pat Keating, manager of the Athlone Municipal District, said the resurfacing work is continuing along O'Connell Street and Bastion Street today (Thursday) and tomorrow.

The streets will be closed during the day but should reopen for the evenings, after 6pm, he said.

Next week, the resurfacing project will focus on Castle Street and Main Street, and the work there is due to last for between two and two and a half days.

Mr Keating said the local authority had to adhere to a particular timeframe which was attached to the funding it was given for carrying out this work.