Speed limit signs are being ignored in Aughnacliffe and new traffic calming measures are needed now if a serious accident is to be avoided, according to Fine Gael local election candidate John Duffy.
Having been contacted by some concerned local residents, Duffy has called for new safety measures to protect pedestrians and school children, particularly at the southern end of the village.
"The population of Aughnacliffe has increased in recent years and so has the volume of traffic through the village," said Duffy. "But apart from erecting the speed limit signs, very little has been done to improve safety within those speed limits."
Duffy has lobbied James Bannon to put pressure on the county council to draw up plans for traffic calming measures, especially in the vicinity of the junction of the Granard Road, the community centre and the national school.
He also pointed out that footpaths had been promised in the centre of the village but never delivered. "There can't be many towns in Ireland still left with no footpath in the middle of the village and local people really shouldn't have to put up with this," said Duffy. "It's a situation that needs to be remedied post-haste."
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