New junction and footpath layouts causing problems for motorists
A lorry navigates the junction of Bridge Street and Shop Street in Boyle.
New junction and footpath layouts in both Boyle and Strokestown are causing major problems for many motorists, it has been claimed.
Fianna Fail local election candidate Sean Moylan has now called on Transport infrastructure Ireland, local authority engineers, town planners and local representatives to consult members of the road haulage sector and farming organisations before they implement new town plans, junction and footpath layouts.
“Looking now at both Boyle and Strokestown’s new footpath layouts, after they are in place, is too late, they are potentially very dangerous and inevitably extremely costly. In theory these road plans may work, but in practice anyone with any knowledge of big machinery and HGV’s could tell that they were destined for disaster,” said Mr Moylan.
“I spent many years in the road haulage sector and immediately knew there was going to be a problem at these junctions and as did many of my friends in this sector,” he said.
“In Boyle, the corner of Bridge Street on to Shop Street is virtually impossible to take without mounting the kerb. One hundred percent of HGV traffic that travels the N61 north to Sligo and Donegal has to take this turn.
“In Strokestown, the Roscommon road junction with the N5 is now impossible to take without crossing into oncoming traffic, thus causing major backlogs on both roads,” he added.
Mr Moylan spoke of the major concern for the safety of pedestrians walking on these new footpaths. “They do not expect to be joined by trucks or farm machinery,” he said.
“This situation cannot be allowed to continue,” he stressed.
