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FEARS that a child will be seriously injured or killed in the Cappa Lodge area of Sixmilebridge have been expressed, amid concerns over levels of traffic.
Independent councillor Gerry Flynn called for traffic calming measures to be put in place on the section of road going through Cappa Lodge which serves the Chapel Court development.
He said the section of road goes through a busy residential area and presents traffic hazards for children living in the area.
“It is now a traffic hazard. The issues are too serious,” he said, at a meeting of Shannon area councillors last week.
“I don’t want to be waiting for a child to be badly injured or killed. It’s absolutely disgraceful if we are going to leave this on the long finger. It is urgent,” he said.
In response, he was told that an assessment will be undertaken in line with the council’s traffic calming policy for residential areas, to determine if traffic calming measures are warranted on the road.
In another roads-related motion at the meeting, Cllr Flynn called for a complete overlay of road surface on the road serving Illaunamanagh cemetery.
He said that the current policy of repairing pot holes was not sufficient to deal with the volumes of traffic using the road.
He was told, in a written response, that the access road was not included in the council’s road schedule as a public road. Therefore, improvement works would not be eligible for grant funding from the Department of Transport and would have to be provided for from the council’s own resources. It will be considered for inclusion in the 2012 programme of road works.
“There are a lot of elderly people going in there. A tar and chip overlay, which would not be very costly, could at least be done,” the councillor said.
Sixmilebridge-based councillor PJ Ryan (Independent) asked for an update on “the junction in Sixmilebridge, especially in the Clonlara direction. People don’t seem to be stopping there”.
“Local people are afraid there will be a fatality there sooner or later if there isn’t an improvement. Definitely something has to be done,” he added.