10,000 JOBS ON ROAD TO RUIN.Byline: BRIAN The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. HUTTON Hut·ton , James 1726-97. Scottish physician and geologist whose ideas, presented in A Theory of the Earth (1785), form the basis of modern geology. Noun 1. UP to 10,000 jobs will be lost in the construction industry because of a slowdown in road building, contractors claimed yesterday. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association accused the Government of effectively winding down the programme for new national and secondary routes. CECA ceca plural of cecum. president Pat McCarthy said experienced workers are already being laid off. He added: "At present up to 10,000 machine drivers, pavers, pipe layers, engineers and other professionals are engaged in road building. "All of these projects will be complete by the middle of 2010. Following this the workers will be unemployed and the machinery will be moved to Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. ." Contractors claimed the industry will shift to competing economies where there is still road building. Mr McCarthy said a number of promised new national roads had been shelved including: THE Atlantic Corridor from Sligo to Waterford and the completion of the N11 from Dublin to Wexford, plus THE completion of the N3 to Cavan. Mr McCarthy also claimed other smaller upgrade projects like the N60 Castlebar to Athlone, the N80 Enniscorthy to Portlaoise as well as Clare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal have been postponed. He added: "All of the evidence suggests Government capital expenditure is being curtailed and that the projects required for an ongoing programme are not being started." Irish Mirror Comment: Page 14 |
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