Fingal Speed Limit Revisions

Victor

I'm not sure if these are at formal public consultation. I've not been through them yet, but the main action is to change many urban areas from 80km/h to 50km/h. The only 30km/h seems to be at Carrickhill Road in Portmarnock (community school).

Fingal Local Regional Speed Bye-Laws 2013

Proposed Speed Limit M50 M1 Coolock to Lissenhall

patrickc

the late nights must be getting to you Victor, posting this in radio.

Splinter

Moved from Radio

The Hill Billy

@Victor - If there is something that you wish to discuss, please let us know. Just posting links does not really facilitate proper discussion in the forum.

Thanks,

tHB

Carawaystick

I'd a quick look at the maps.
The main points about Lusk are
Lowering the limit to Rush to 60 the whole way
Having a 50 limit out the Skerries road to the Hill lane, and out the Ministers Road past the big house.

Having a 60 limit through Corduff instead of signs
Having a 60 limit from Balleally lane through Blakes X to the roundabout at tesco's

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I'm in favour of some of the lowered limits, like on the ministers road and from the skerries road roundabout back up towards the church lane junction ( this is 80 at the minute with a speedramp!)

But I don't think a 60 limit is appropriate the whole way from Rush to Lusk, or up the Skerries road to the Hill lane.

I think it'd be better to have a 50 limit in Corduff for school times and 80 the rest of the time.
I also don't think there should be a 60 limit from Blakes cross to Turvey, Now the chuck wagon is moved, there's much less interaction with people at the edge of a road with no path or crossing to cars parked on the Donabate side.

The council also in their wisdom plan to put up 80 signs between Dun Emer and Corduff on Kilhedge lane. I'd make it a 50 limit from Lusk out to Corduff.

Victor

Carawaystick wrote: »

Having a 60 limit from Balleally lane through Blakes X to the roundabout at tesco's

Which is Balleally Lane?

Here: https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.518446,-6.168437&spn=0.004414,0.030556&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.518438,-6.168456&panoid=6-ZCUb_lDneV58ST9QGaVw&cbp=11,114.42,,0,4.75

Or here: https://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.505507,-6.183071&spn=0.017662,0.122223&t=m&z=13&layer=c&cbll=53.50546,-6.18315&panoid=KcRxHbWzvmFRH48GdNmFiA&cbp=11,45.3,,0,2.73

But I don't think a 60 limit is appropriate the whole way from Rush to Lusk,

It's not a great road, with poor line of sight in several places. They've also allowed too much development on it.

or up the Skerries road to the Hill lane.

The first bit from the roundabout is 50km/h, then 80km/h - I misread it also.

I think it'd be better to have a 50 limit in Corduff for school times and 80 the rest of the time.

Possibly. It might be useful to put in some form of traffic calming to allow people cross.

I also don't think there should be a 60 limit from Blakes cross to Turvey, Now the chuck wagon is moved, there's much less interaction with people at the edge of a road with no path or crossing to cars parked on the Donabate side.

"chuck wagon"?

The council also in their wisdom plan to put up 80 signs between Dun Emer and Corduff on Kilhedge lane. I'd make it a 50 limit from Lusk out to Corduff.

Or less!

SpatialPlanner

Victor wrote: »

I'm not sure if these are at formal public consultation. I've not been through them yet, but the main action is to change many urban areas from 80km/h to 50km/h. The only 30km/h seems to be at Carrickhill Road in Portmarnock

Yep, this is the public consultation process part. Make submission(s) before the stated closing date. Ultimately this is a reserved function of the council, which means the councillors are the people who adopt the bye laws so maybe you should copy your submission to them too.

Victor

SpatialPlanner wrote: »

Yep, this is the public consultation process part. Make submission(s) before the stated closing date. Ultimately this is a reserved function of the council, which means the councillors are the people who adopt the bye laws so maybe you should copy your submission to them too.

Ah, the formal notice didn't seem to have been posted up when I posted.

CorsendonkX

Who will be enforcing these new speed limits? The same people that fail to enforce the existing speed limits broke daily especially in the early mornings?

Victor

It is going to be a lot easier to enforce a 50km/h zone than a 80km/h zone.

cathy01

I think the Skerries road from Balbriggan to Skerries is now 60 it was 80.

Fioni

is that true! thought it was only 60 into skerries after ardgillan and 80 along the main straight