Barrack Street residents seek traffic calming measures
ONE of Castleisland’s oldest streets has come under considerable traffic pressure in recent years.
Now Barrack Street is to be examined by a Kerry County Council roads design team to see what effective traffic calming measures best suits the area.
Cllr Bobby O’Connell recently asked Kerry County Council engineer, Breda Mulryan to meet with a representative group of Barrack Street residents.
This she did on Wednesday and she got the views of the locals on a range of concerning issues for them.
Retired Garda, Jim Lordan summed up the fears and feelings of the residents there when he said that many of the people living along the street are not as fleet of foot as they once were. Mr Lordan also said that the speed and volume of traffic now using the street has increased the danger levels for residents.
“Even crossing the street there is becoming an ordeal at present for a lot of the residents,” he said.
Road markings, including parking restriction lines, have been laid down recently. However, the residents feel the need for measures that will slow down the through traffic now using their once quiet street.
“The next step is for the council’s road design team to take a look at the street and put something in place that can’t be ignored by drivers. Road markings are fine and necessary but we need to have something that makes it easier for the residents to cross the street and to take the worry out of it,” said Cllr O’Connell.