Heatwave: road is '˜river of tar', say residents

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Jun 2018, 16:37 BST
Updated 16th Jul 2018, 17:01 BST
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A labrador's paws caked with tar and car tyres ruined with the gunge of melted tarmac are just some of the problems facing residents of a Co Armagh road.

Locals describe it as a ‘River of Tar’ on the Tarthlogue Road, Portadown and it is causing them serious inconvenience as the temperatures soar.

Year in year out, residents say they have begged the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) to do bring the road into a usable state.

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