Donegal County Council has been asked to contact Google Maps again to try and fix the incorrect naming of the Old Glencar Road in Letterkenny.
The road, which has been named ‘The Grange Road’ on Google Maps for up to a decade, is causing confusion for motorists and a potential danger in the event of an emergency.
Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh said the road is being wrongly named on council planning applications and now, during Uisce Eireann’s water mains replacement works, it’s being displayed on electronic signage by contractors.
“It’s a real problem for deliveries and taxi drivers, and potentially a problem for emergency services,” Cllr Kavanagh told this week’s meeting of the Letterkenny-Milford MD.
“We need signage. It’s nothing to do with the Grange, which is up the other road. It’s annoying for the people up there, and it’s a danger too.”
The Grange housing development lies on the ‘new’ Glencar Road.
Cllr Kavanagh asked the council to once again try to “get to the bottom of it” with Google and to put a correct sign at the bottom of the road.
Traffic management is currently in place at the Glencar Roundabout to facilitate “The Grange Water Mains Replacement” project. The partial road closure will be in place until 29th August 2025.
A spokesperson for Donegal County Council said that efforts are ongoing to change the name on Google’s background mapping system. Signage will be arranged in the short term.
