Wexford awarded €13.49 million to repair Storm Chandra road damage

Wexford County Council has been allocated €13.49 million in emergency funding to repair roads damaged during Storm Chandra earlier this year.

The funding will support the repair of infrastructure damaged during the severe weather event in January, which left roads across County Wexford badly affected and placed significant pressure on the local authority's roads budget.

The emergency allocation is intended to cover the substantial cost of restoring roads and related infrastructure damaged by the storm, allowing the council to carry out essential repairs without diverting funding from its existing roads programme.

Storm Chandra caused widespread damage across Wexford, with fallen trees, flooding and road deterioration reported in many parts of the county. Local authorities were required to undertake immediate emergency works to ensure roads remained safe and accessible.

The funding is expected to assist Wexford County Council in continuing repair works while reducing the financial burden that extreme weather events can place on local authority budgets.

The announcement also comes amid growing calls for a faster and more streamlined system for allocating emergency funding to councils following severe weather events, as storms and extreme weather continue to become more frequent.

Wexford County Council is expected to use the funding over the coming months to complete repairs to roads and associated infrastructure damaged by Storm Chandra.