Stephen Kelly speaks of losing father on A5 saying road redevelopment is ‘very personal’

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00:00 Alongside of that is the A5 road leading from the border at Auchnaclaidh

00:06 essentially up into Derry and that's a very personal road for me because I lost

00:10 my father on that road. He was one of dozens of people who were killed because

00:14 of the state of that road. So it's a very personal road for our family and not

00:19 just a professional interest I have in that road. That road is long overdue.

00:24 The Irish government gave commitments in terms of its development which are

00:28 greatly appreciated. Those commitments were rolled back on a little bit. It would

00:32 be great to see those commitments remade. That road would be critical to the

00:37 economic ambitions of people in the West and critical in terms of the safety for

00:42 people traveling in the West and it's important that both of those are

00:46 considered. What price do you put on a life? I know the pain and hurt that was

00:50 caused when my father was lost on that road and that has happened dozens and

00:54 dozens and dozens of times and continues to happen to this day. That's the real

00:59 cost. That's not the cost of the tarmac or the Central Reservation or whatever

01:04 else. It's the cost of people's lives that needs to be borne in mind.