Turtulla Cross is located just outside my home town of Thurles. It is located on the N62 between Thurles and Horse and Jockey. This junction is extremely dangerous and a number of very serious and even fatal accidents have occurred there in recent years. The infrastructure at this crossroads is simply not good enough. It is under the remit of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, which, I understand, is looking at two possible options for works to be carried out at the junction. I urge that funding be made available so that this most necessary work can be carried out in early 2021.

I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The transport budget for next year contains additional funding for local and regional roads and also for low-cost safety improvement works. It will be the first quarter in the new year before the Minister for Transport is in a position to allocate that.