That's the beauty of rural Ireland my friend.. nothing rushed, nothing urgent! ;-)
All the same, Waterford Corporation/county council should look at an upgrade to that road. The journey from waterford city is a wee bit long. Better still, siting the airport on the Kilkenny side of Waterford city (god forbid!
There's a lot of local rivalry between the two counties) would bring it much closer to it's catchment.
All the same, great news for WAT and RE.