Calls for 60kph speed limit in South Longford village to go the extra distance
Councillor Pat O’Toole has called for the 60kph speed limit in Terlicken, Ballymahon, to be extended further along the approach from the Lanesboro direction.
A local councillor has requested that Longford County Council in conjunction with An Gárda Siochána extend the current 60kph speed limit on the R392 at Terlicken, Ballymahon by 500-to-600 metres on the approach from the Lanesboro direction to beyond Groarke's Agri Store.
Fianna Fáil's Pat O'Toole said that three busy outlets Hanley Motors, Groarke's and Egan's are in the locality with a lot of ‘traffic coming back on to the road’.
"The 60kph is bit beyond it so I think we could extend it out to beyond Groarke's.”
Cllr Skelly said drivers obeying the 60kph limit is very important but he believes it would help ‘overall road safety’.
Cllr O'Toole would like a footpath from Peter Hanley's to the canal.
"It's been turned down on the basis that it's not within the speed limit area, I think if we moved that speed limit out there I think we could then move on the actual footpath.”
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