In mullingar I saw some great planning by the local authorities. Usually estates are just thrown up all over the shop with no proper in and out access/through roads, but what they did in mullingar was very smart. On the ballymahon side of mullingar a load of new estates went up, however everytime a new one went up, an extension to a road was stipulated so that eventually their would be a by-pass from the ballymahon road straight onto the Westport to Dublin road. Very smart, freed up a load of traffic from the town and it goes to show that some people have vision in the council. Its just a pity more authorities couldnt follow suit....
