The campaign to establish an NCT Centre in Belmullet has ramped up this week following a productive meeting at Leinster House between local representatives and the Minister of State at the Department of Transport.
Minister Alan Dillon arranged the meeting with Minister of State Seán Canney and departmental officials, alongside Michael and Mairead Conroy of Michael Conroy Motors in Belmullet, to press the case for a testing centre in the Erris region.
Erris motorists currently face long waiting lists, substantial travel times and added costs to access the nearest NCT centres in Ballina or Westport often involving round trips of up to 150km.
Michael Conroy of Conroy motors in Belmullet says this places a significant burden on a region home to approximately 15,000 people.
He says it was major step forward meeting with officials this week in advancing their case forward to get an NCT Centre in the Erris region.
He has been giving more details to Midwest Radio’s Michael D. McAndrew…
