This article is from page 34 of the 2007-11-27 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 34 JPG
THE SAFETY of children and par- ents travelling to school in Shannon Banks is at risk from the huge vol- umes of traffic which now pass their homes and school gates, local coun- cillor Pascal Fitzgerald has warned.
He was speaking at a meeting of the Killaloe area councillors last week, having asked the director of services to provide safety railings across the bridge at Shannon Banks.
“This would go a long way towards ensuring the safety of residents and children in the area. It has been re- ported to me that there have been a number of potential accidents there in the last few weeks. Young kids just run out on to the road and there will be a tragedy if we don’t do some- thing,” the Labour councillor said.
Cllr Tony O’Brien seconded Cllr Fitzgerald’s motion to have railings erected.
“You have Scoil Ide National school
and St Munchins on that route and it is heavily used. I know we would have to have agreement with Limer- ick City Council but we need to move on this,” he said.
Senior Executive Engineer with Clare County Council, Sean Leni- han, told councillors that part of the area in question comes under the re- sponsibilty of Limerick City Coun- cil, as the bridge straddles the border betweent the two local authorities.
“IT have a meeting lined up with
city council staff for November 27. We have agreed to do this, it’s just a case of getting down and doing it in the new year. We’ve taken on board what the councillors have said and this is a high priority for us,” he told the meeting.
The senior engineer also told the meeting that there were a number of issues which Limerick City Council and Clare County Council needed to discuss and these would be on the ta- ble at the meeting later this week.