Road Traffic Act 1994 - Section 38
Regulation
38. (1) A road authority may, in the interest of the safety ___ of road users,
38. _(9) ____ provide ___ traffic calming measures which facilitate the safe use of public roads by different classes of traffic (including pedestrians and cyclists)
Dundalk Cycling Alliance Comments
What effective traffic calming measures are the NRA and Louth County Council going to put in place in view of the 21 or so fatal accidents that have already taken place over twenty years on the Castleblaney road? Will cyclists, of all ages, be any safer on this new motorway bridge and inter section as they travel to the local secondary school or the local rugby pitch? Will any traffic calming measures be put in place to make this part of the Castleblayney road any safer?
Were the officials or the senior engineer in Louth County Council ever aware of the safety concerns for cyclists at the former Ballymascanlon Roundabout? If so, did they communicate these concerns to officials in the NRA prior to or during the design of the new Ballymascanlon Roundabout?
On the other hand- it's not really possible to implement Section 38 of the 1994 road traffic act if the County Louth officials were "unaware" of these safety hazards.
In an effort to address any safety awareness problem by the officials, the County Councillors at local area meetings have clearly communicated the safety concerns at this roundabout. Furthermore they have passed motions calling for actions in this regard. Having therefore achieved consensus and having created an awareness that there is a need to "facilitate the safe use of public roads (Ballymascanlon Roundabout) by different classes of traffic (including pedestrians and cyclists)" The Cycling Alliance are hopefulthat we may yet, some day, cycle safely through the Ballymascanlon roundabouts.
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