The road to nowhere
CONCERNED residents have joined forces to campaign for safety measures to alleviate traffic chaos at two busy junctions.
The problems are being experienced at Lissivigeen, on the main Killarney to Cork road, and angry residents have demanded action in advance of the general election.
“There doesn’t seem to be funding available for this year. There were traffic-calming measures put in place two years ago but because of the volume of traffic that goes down the Mallow road from the Rathmore direction, a roundabout would be more suitable,” said chairman of the residents’ committee Cllr Tom Doherty, who raised a motion on the matter at a town council meeting two months ago.
He pointed out that a survey some years ago confirmed that 17,000 vehicles pass the junction every day and numbers have quadrupled since then.
“Plans are being drawn up for it, but when things re in the hands of the NRA it’s frustrating. They just seem to change their mind,” he said.
The Kingdom newspaper
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