Pinewood old enterance

Cllr. Tom Doherty said that this issue has been raised a number of times and elected members have been approached by residents of the Estate. He said that if 99% of the residents believe it is safe to enter or exit there must be merit in it. He said that they would not be agreeable to something which would be a danger to the families. Cllr. Doherty urged that Kerry County Council would look at the issue again.

Roundabout at Deerpark & associated works

Cllr. Tom Doherty said that he was concerned with traffic management all over town, for motorists, for pedestrians and for cyclists. He said that the tree at this proposed roundabout creates a hazard. He felt the roundabout design is not big enough to allow free flow of traffic. He welcomed that the Council intent linking the retail park road north of tesco to the road leading to McDonalds and the proposal to provide a northern link from this road the Killarney bypass. Cllr. Doherty asked if it is proposed to put traffic lights at the junction with Park road. In response the Town engineer said that a slip lane up to tesco would be provided. He said that the roundabout at Deerpark/ Park road is working well at present. Cllr. Tom Doherty said that with development taking place on the Torc site it is very important that traffic would be kept moving ass freely as possible. He said that he supports that the tree has to be removed.

Countess Road

That this Council put in traffic controls at the Countess Rd/ Muckross Rd junction to mirror that of the Ross Rd traffic lights.

The engineer said that the Ross road traffic lights are in the process of being commissioned by Kerry County Council. When the commissioning is complete, we will monitor the traffic flow at this junction and its effect on the Countess rd/ Muckross rd junction. If the Countess road/ Muckross rd junction warrants traffic lights, following this monitoring period, then we will revert back to the Council with a proposal for the Countess road/ Muckross road junction.

Ross Road

That the Council fix the ponding of water on the Ross road and also to alleviate ant overgrowth protruding on to the roadway

The Town engineer reported that an additional road gully will be provided along the left hand side of Ross road, on the Ross Castle side of Scrhan to alleviate the ponding that occurs there. He said that the overgrowth along the Ross Rd has been removed.