A public meeting will be held in Louth Village on Monday night to discuss traffic calming measures for the village.
Local parish priest Fr Quinn, who has invited along local councilors and TDs, has arranged the meeting, which will take place in the Louth Community Centre at 8pm.
Speed of traffic through the village has been an issue for some time although it has become a more pressing matter since the opening of the children’s playground at Fr Finn Park.
All are welcome to attend.
The Loughantarve estate in Knockbridge
Sinn Féin County Councilllor Tomás Sharkey has called for additional traffic calming measures to be introduced in Knockbridge.
While speed two speed ramps were installed in the village a little over a year ago, Cllr Sharkey said he feels it was still dangerous for residents of the Loughantarve estate to cross the road to local amenities such as McNamee’s Bar, Brodigan’s shop or St Mary’s National School and the local church.
He believes this matter needs to be addressed to ensure safe crossing for people of all ages.
He said: “Loughantarve is a new estate with hundreds of residents and many young families. The children attend the local school but there are insufficient traffic calming measures to assist them cross the busy regional road to get to school in the morning and return home in the afternoon.
“I have raised the matter regularly with council staff but have decided to table a formal motion for this month’s Municipal District Committee meeting.
“I am pleased that officials have formally committed to investigate the matter and submit a report for the Municipal District. However, I have no intention of allowing this report gather dust. It will have to result in definite safety improvements for the community,” he said.
The Town Clerk’s Office of Dundalk Town Council have applied for planning permission to build a number of new homes in Ashling Park, as part of the Cox’s Demesne Regeneration Scheme.
The council are proposing to build six three bed one-and-a-half storey houses, two four bed two storey houses, seven three bed two storey houses and eight two bed two storey buildings. They are also proposing to demolish four units in the estate as part of the Ashling Park Pilot Project.
As part of the regeneration scheme the council also hopes to carry out remedial work on existing house stock in the area, including energy efficiency improvement works and window and door replacements.
They will also be carrying out repairs to roads and footpaths, upgrading existing services, installing traffic calming measures and providing additional car parking and street lighting.
Further traffic calming measures are being proposed to tackle speeding motorists close to two secondary schools in Dundalk.
Councillors have been told that some motorists were caught travelling at speeds of up to 135km-per-hour on the Castleblayney approach to the town close to the De La Salle and Dun Lughaidh secondary schools.
It’s now being recommended that a design be drawn up and funding sought for further traffic calming measures, along with a length of footpath on the southern side of the road, from the petrol station to Grey Acre Road – and road markings to visually reduce the width of the carriageway.
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