A formal Notice of Intention to Proceed and the making of the Direction Order for a £6 million road realignment scheme in Northern Ireland is to be published.

The scheme, at Cornamuck on the A32 Omagh to Enniskillen route, is one of a series of both on-line and off-line improvements identified for the A32 Omagh to Enniskillen route.

Regional Development Minister Michelle McIlveen said: "It will be of particular benefit to emergency vehicles and other traffic movements associated with the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen. I am pleased to say that this scheme has progressed to a position whereby it can be delivered in a reasonably short timescale when funding becomes available."

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The realignment at Cornamuck just south of Dromore will entail the construction of 1.6kilometres of new single carriageway. The new road will extend from near the A32 Tummery Road/Drumskinny Road junction to 350 metres north west of the A32 Tummery Road/Longhill Road Junction. The works will include the construction of approximately 900 metres of new single carriageway through green-field site, the widening of around 700 metres of existing carriageway and for the realignment of the Longhill road to improve access to the A32.

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