CAR mirrors are being hit weekly on a dark Clare road, according to Cllr Patrick O’Gorman (FF).
On a weekly basis, “mirrors are being clicked off each other” and “buses have to go across the road” due to a lack of visibility on the Sixmilebridge-Cratloe Road, O’Gorman told councillors at the Shannon Municipal meeting on Tuesday.
“It’s the only way to go to Limerick City, but once you leave the Cratloe, it’s pitch black all the way down,” he explained. Considered an exceptionally busy road with both vehicles and pedestrians, O’Gorman continued, “That’s the only road in Cratloe that’s taking that volume of traffic,” therefore requiring improved safety and visibility.
When redoing similar roads in the surrounding area, reflective road studs, otherwise known as “cat eyes”, were implicated, making the roads “safer and better to drive on”, said O’Gorman. “This put it into people’s heads and they’ve started ringing me.”
In the same meeting, Cllr John Crowe (FG) highlighted the lack of visibility on the road going toward Barry’s Cross in Shannon. “There’s no way that isn’t dangerous,” he said. With no public lighting, he also suggested reflective road studs, even temporarily. He asked councillors, “Do you think there is a possibility of that?”
Cllr James Ryan (SF) answered Crowe’s question with, “Until I get my budgets, then we can look at that.” “If there was cooperation, it could be done,” replied Crowe.
