The county of Roscommon will be downgraded if the N61 is not reclassified as a national primary route.
That's the view of a local councillor, after the Tánaiste said there were no plans to upgrade the road.
Simon Harris was responding to Fianna Fáil TD Martin Daly in the Dáil yesterday afternoon.
Cllr Laurence Fallon says Transport Infrastructure Ireland is trying to guide motorists away from the county.
He says the decision not to upgrade the road is bad news for the county: