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Speed limits and builders

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  • 28-08-2008 8:08pm
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    maglite
    Registered Users Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭


    Have a quick question and hope this is the right place


    Do builders have a legal right to errect a tempory speed limti sig to lower the speed around their site.

    The reason i ask is on a local road we have a builder who has errected 2 different signs on the approach to his site 30km and then 10km. The distace you are expected to travel at 10km/h is insane (this is a county road to a big enough village)



    If it is legal who do you go about getting permission for this and would this process be availibel to say a school to put up a 10km/h either km of the grounds?


    If it is not legit, what couse of action is open, is it an offence or just litter?


    Many Thanks in advance


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    bitemybanger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    They are not "speed limits" and cant be enforced legaly. they are signs warning you to slow down to the reccomended speed according to road conditions or hazzards.


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    VH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 690 ✭✭✭VH


    thats usually done with the council's approval - and if so I would imagine they are enforceable


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    VH wrote: »
    thats usually done with the council's approval - and if so I would imagine they are enforceable
    They may have 'aproval' but unless they are passed as a bylaw they are not legal. It's highly unlikely that a council would go to the hassle for a temporary speed limit. The only exception would be very large projects such as the M50.


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