Residents of one of Shannon’s newest housing estates have issued a request for the installation of traffic calming measures on its main approach road.

Speed ramps or speed reduction measures have been detailed as the primary goals of residents of Inbhear Na Síonna along the back of Inis Rí.

Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) brought the matter to the attention of the Shannon Municipal District. “According to residents, cars are speeding up that road and there is a lot more traffic on it now,” she penned in a motion to the MD.

An examination of the matter will be undertaken “when traffic levels return to normal,” senior executive engineer Aidan O’Rourke responded. If works are required, he highlighted that a funding stream would have to be found.

There is “a higher volume of traffic” on the road, Cllr McGettigan said due to the newer housing estate. “On one side, you have St Senan’s rugby grounds, the camogie club and the athletic club,” she added. “It is a wide open road with cars flying up and down”.

Fellow Shannon representative, Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) clarified that this was the southern primary road that cost in the region of €1.56m and speculated as to whenever normality would return to the county.

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