Posted: 23 March 2014 Category: Road Safety
It has become apparent that there is an issue in Ashbourne with regards to speeding, particularly within housing estates, that need to be dealt with. Fine Gael local area representative Alan Tobin has acknowledged that there is a need for traffic calming measures to be put into place and has begun to work on getting rumble strips laid down in specific areas around the town that are considered to be especially dangerous including; Bachelors Walk, Johnswood, Millbourne, Westfield and Brindley Park...
Posted: 25 August 2014 Category: Road Safety
Councillor Alan Tobin is putting forward an urgent appeal to the council regarding the provision of pedestrian crossings, pelican crossings, cycle routes and traffic wardens in the areas around Ashbourne’s schools. These provisions are vital because they slow down speeding traffic on the road and prioritise pedestrians, but at present, there is a serious lack of road safety facilities in various important areas around the town.
Cllr. Tobin has highlighted pupils attending the primary Ga...
Posted: 18 February 2015 Category: Road Safety
Kilbride National School is chaotic to say the least in terms of the traffic that surrounds it during school pick-up and drop-off times. At the moment, there are no adequate cycling or walking routes to give school children and their parents any incentive to travel in any way other than by car. This has caused concern in the local community because the school is located on a very dangerous bend on a small country road, the road safety signage is poor and there are currently no traffic calming me...
Posted: 18 February 2015 Category: Road Safety
On the 19th of January 2015, I put forward a motion to the council regarding the provision of pedestrian ‘pelican-type’ crossings in areas around Ashbourne’s schools. These provisions are vital because they slow down speeding traffic on the road and prioritise pedestrians, but at present, there is a serious lack of road safety facilities in various important areas around the town. While the council have responded positively regarding the implementation of the pelican crossings,...
Posted: 04 December 2016 Category: Road Safety
Primatestown and Kilmoon Cross Update
5/12/16
In early November, a group of local Councillors met with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to discuss the N2 and find out what plans the TII had in relation to future progress when upgrading the road itself.
Previously when the State was in a position to invest heavily in roads infrastructure, the N2 or M2 was to be upgraded to motorway standard. This link would have meant that Derry would be connected to Dublin with a dedicated motorwa...
