Council Says Speed Not An Issue To Warrant Traffic Calming On Basin Road

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AN analysis carried out by Kerry County Council at Basin Road has found that speed is not an issue to warrant traffic calming measures.

Cllr Terry O’Brien again brought up the issue at the Tralee Municipal District meeting of councillors on Monday, where he said the situation continues to be “horrendous” in the area down as far as the Cliffords Cash and Carry area.

Responding, Frank Hartnett of Kerry County Council said they carried out a speed analysis of traffic on the Basin Road — where the speed limit is 50kmph — and found that this was not an issue to warrant traffic calming measures.

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The Council has plans on carrying out a pedestrian count analysis to see if the area warrants a pedestrian crossing.

Elsewhere, a traffic count to determine if a pedestrian crossing was needed at Boherbee — not far from Moyderwell school — was completed and found that a crossing was not warranted in the area. This came to light after a request for an update by Cllr Norma Foley.

3 Comments

  1. Anne oregan says:

    this is a disgrace that basin road is a death trap the cars are coming at u from 4 sides someone is either you to killed or hav a crash plus outside Clifford cash and carry is another death trap so do dangerous

  2. THIS WILL TELL YOU HOW DELUDED THE COUNCIL AND THE GARDAI ARE IN THIS STUPID TOWN I WALK EVERY EVENING AND THE SPEED OF DRIVERS ON THE ROADS AROUND THE TOWN IS FRIGHTENIING ..A GROUP OF US ARE IN THE POCESS OF FILMING AND PUTTING IT ON YOU TUBE MAYBE THEN THEY WILL SEE WHAT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS THE COUNCIL ARE

  3. Matty O'Leary says:

    Anne O’Regan and Jenny are so right on this matter.

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