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that St Michael’s Community Col- lege in Kilmihil is the only second- ary school in the county that does not have traffic calming measures.
“Flashing lights need to be put d1- rectly in front of the school and on the approach,” he said.
He said it was a health and safety concern to have a school of approxi- mately 300 students and no measures to reduce the speed of on coming meena blen
Cllr Curtain was a teacher in the school for 29 years, before he retired. The mixed school is close to a junc- tion and on a local road with the ac- quired speed limit.
Cllr Curtain said that he has raised the issue on a number of occasions at County Council area meetings and would be doing so again next week.
He had been told that there was no funding as yet assigned to the project but funding would be sought.
Cllr Curtain believes that the issue is urgent, however, and must be ad- dressed immediately and certainly before the students return to school in September. “It is an immediate concern relating to road safety,’ he said. The area meeting will take place in Kilrush on Monday next.