*Bรณthar Mรณr.ย 

EXISTING PUBLIC lighting from Ballycasey Roundabout to Bรณthar na Loiste is to be examined following calls for additional lights.

Information and clarification was sought from Clare County Council by Cllr Gerry Flynn (IND) โ€œon the additional public lights on the section of road from Ballycasey roundabout to the junction of Bรณthar na Loiste.

โ€œThis small section of public road approaching Shannon Town on Bรณthar Mรณr (N19) was excluded when the public lighting network was installed in Shannon Town and presents a health and safety concern for the public using this access road. I am calling on the local authority to have this work carried out urgentlyโ€.

Senior executive engineer in the Shannon Municipal District, Tom Mellett said he consulted with his colleagues in the transportation section and confirmed โ€œthey have committed to assisting in terms of an assessment of the existing public lighting provision on the R471 Bรณthar Mor from Ballycasey Roundabout to Bรณthar na Loiste and provide a lighting design and cost estimate for additional lighting should the assessment identify deficienciesโ€.

Mellett advised that funding for the works had been secured by the Shannon MD. โ€œShould the funding available not cover the cost estimate we will investigate additional funding streamsโ€.

Flynn highlighted, โ€œWeโ€™ve had two fatalities on that roadโ€. He voiced dissatisfaction with the response from the senior engineer, โ€œI am not happy with the response, he can confirm with his colleagues that it was a section that was left outโ€.

Efforts to tackle the situation are โ€œtoo slow,โ€ Flynn maintained. The Shannon Town representative noted that โ‚ฌ90,000 was granted for a pedestrian crossing in the locality, โ€œwe need to make sure it is pushed on, Iโ€™ve committed some GMA to this but it is a standard copy and paste type of thing. It is a blackspotโ€.

Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) seconded the proposal while Cllr PJ Ryan (IND) felt Cllr Flynn was โ€œone hundred percent right, it is a very dark area, I had a motion two years ago on it requesting that the trees be toppedโ€.

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