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Killeen Road In Darkness For Seventh Night In A Row

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Killeen Road in darkness tonight.

A STRETCH of the Killeen Road is in darkness for a week now resulting in a dangerous situation for road users and pedestrians.

The road affected stretches from the roundabout at Shanakill to just beyond Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn school.

A local resident contacted us today to say she rang Kerry County Council about it, but was told since Airtricity have the contract for the lighting, it is their responsibility to fix it.

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The resident lodged the fault report with Airtricity on Monday, but nothing has been done since. It is particularly dangerous as children have activities at night at Scoil Mhic Easmainn and there are pedestrian crossings on the stretch of road affected which are virtually unusable while the lights are out.

Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien, has expressed his anger in the past at Airtricity’s performance in tending to the street lights, at a meeting of the council earlier this year.

The tender for supplying the street lighting is due this year and Mayor O’Brien feels the council is being taken for granted by the current suppliers.

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Street Lighting At Pedestrian Crossings Is ‘Atrocious’ Says Mayor

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The pedestrian crossing at High Street.

THE Mayor of Tralee said the level of lighting at some pedestrian crossings in Tralee is atrocious and needs urgent attention.

Cllr Terry O’Brien had a request before the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday that the Council review all pedestrian crossings and inspect the quality of lighting on them.

In reply, the Council said replacement poles and lights have been ordered for two of the oldest pedestrian crossings in Tralee.

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However, these are quite costly and it is planned to assess all the other pedestrian crossings in 2017. At present there are 19 pelican crossings and 25 zebra crossings in the town and the preliminary estimate to upgrade all of these is in the region of €650,000.

Mayor O’Brien said in some cases, the yellow lights flashing act as a distraction for drivers, especially where there is poor street lighting.

He said there is a need for an audit of pedestrian crossings in town as the light on them is not sufficient.

Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Talkabout programme’ on Tuesday, he said drivers and pedestrians also need to be more aware of each other at the crossings.

He said some pedestrians make sudden sharp turns on to the crossings and drivers are taken by surprise.

At the meeting, Mayor O’Brien also brought up the issue of street lighting. He said the lights on the Killeen Road were out for 11 days over Christmas, despite repeated calls to the suppliers, Airtricity, about the issue.

“There was ten lights out on a main artery of the town in a residential area for 11 days. It’s not good enough,” said the Mayor.

The tender for supplying the street lighting is going out early this year and Mayor O’Brien feels the council is being taken for granted by the current suppliers.