Call for ramps and traffic calming measures in South Longford area
Cllr Paul Ross said the biggest issue is people do not realise it is a built-up area and there is a very straight stretch of road for about a kilometre and speeds are ‘creeping up’.
A local Fine Gael councillor has called on Longford County Council to explore the possibility of installing speed ramps in Ballycloughan village due to the high level of speeding in this built-up area.
Cllr Paul Ross highlighted the issue as he brought forward a motion at the recent monthly meeting of Ballymahon Municipal District.
He said Ballycloughan village previously applied for a low cost safety scheme and it was successful and ‘during the last election ‘lights were very prevalent and a big part of what they tried to do’.
"But it's been shown now and the engineers did tell us at the time that lights last so long and they are only so good and this is the case now in Ballycloughan.
"The biggest issue is people do not realise it is a built-up area, it's a very straight stretch of road for about a kilometre and it's beginning to creep up again with the speeding.
"So, we are looking for ramps in the area now, it's an R [regional] road so it may not be that simple, but I think it's in line with the way all of the councillors spoke about the speed limit review, that the only way to stop speeding now is ramps."
The motion was seconded by Fine Gael Cllr Martin Skelly.
Mr McNeela added, "Traffic speeds will be monitored and we will consider appropriate traffic calming measures and we will consider this location for future low cost safety scheme funding.
"It should be noted, however, there is a significant number of requests for traffic calming measures.”