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“IT IS a road accident waiting to happen.” That was the warning of Kilrush Town Councillor, Paul Mo- roney (Ind) who also works for the fire brigade, one of the services that attend road traffic accidents on a Korea UN Vn Oyen Ae
The councillor was referring to the junction of Griffin Road and the En- nis Road, and questioned its legality.
He told this month’s meeting of the council that drivers had to go over the broken line to see if there was any traffic “coming in the Ennis Road”.
“IT am harping on about what has been said before. I am bringing it up again because it is not good enough,’ he said.
Cllr Moroney described the junc- tion as a nightmare.
Executive Engineer, Derek Troy told the meeting that the sightlines and the sight distance at this junction are very restricted due to the location of a shed/garage that adjoins the last property on Griffin Road, as you exit on to the N68 Ennis Road.
‘The exact ownership of this prop- erty is currently unknown,’ he said, pointing out that the shed was not Korea Ko Klee
“Road users must act in an appro-
priately safe manner when using the junction, as is the case at all public road junctions,” he added.
“Realignment works to improve the sightlines are ongoing at this junction.”
The works proposed consist of widening the footpaths at both sides, re-marking and re-aligning the road carriageways on the N67, and re-lo- cating the stop line.
‘Further investigation into the own-
ership of the property in question is on-going,’ said Mr Troy.
Father of the council, Tom Prendev- ille (FF) told the meeting that the owner of the shed was known to him, as the site received planning permission from the council in the last number of years.