S.I. No. 275/1970:

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY BOROUGH OF WATERFORD AND COUNTY OF WATERFORD) REGULATIONS, 1970.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY BOROUGH OF WATERFORD AND COUNTY OF WATERFORD) REGULATIONS, 1970.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 46 of the said Act as amended by the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1970.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1970.

3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires

"the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ;

"road" means a public road;

"perimeter road" means a road on and along the roadway of which there runs the boundary of a county or other borough, an urban district or a town;

"special speed limit" and " built-up area speed limit " have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part IV of the Act;

"distance" means distance as measured along the centre line of a road.

4. (1) Each of the roads described in the First Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared not to be a public road in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

(2) Each of the roads described in the Second Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared to be a public road in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

5. Forty miles per hour shall be the speed limit for mechanically propelled vehicles on the roads specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.

6. There shall be excepted from the special speed limit prescribed in article 5 of these Regulations and from the built-up area speed limit the following:--

( a ) ambulances,

( b ) fire brigade vehicles, and

( c ) vehicles used by members of the Garda Síochána in the performance of their duties as such members.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 74 of 1967 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Roads declared not to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961.

1. The following roads in the Urban District of Dungarvan:--

( a ) Boreen a'Willan, The Apple Factory Road, The Kilrush Graveyard Road, The Mapestown Road, The Lisfennel Road, Fr. Toomey's Road, The Knockateemore Road.

( b ) The Waterford (Coast) Road for a distance of 1,510 yards from the urban district boundary.

( c ) The main Waterford Road between urban district boundary and a point 240 yards north-east of its junction with the Waterford (Coast) Road.

( d ) The Old Hospital Road for a distance of 1,030 yards from the urban district boundary.

( e ) The Shandon Road between the urban district boundary at Ballyneety Bridge and a point 10 yards north of its junction with the inner Station Road.

( f ) The road connecting Kilrush Graveyard Road with the Apple Factory Road.

( g ) The Cappoquin Road for a distance of 1,000 yards from the point where the urban district boundary intersects the southern side of the road.

( h ) The Clashmore Road between the urban district boundary and a point 60 yards east of its junction with Father Toomey's Road.

( i ) The Youghal Road for a distance of 810 yards from the urban district boundary.

2. The following roads in the town of Lismore:--

( a ) The Deerpark Road.

( b ) The Cappoquin Road between the town boundary and a point 70 yards north of its junction with Main Street.

( c ) Ferry Lane between its junction with the Cappoquin Road and a point 120 yards north of its junction with Main Street.

3. The following roads in the town of Tramore:--

( a ) The Glen Road, Racecourse Road, The Kilfarrasy Road, The Metal Man Road.

( b ) The main Waterford Road between the town boundary and a point 100 yards north-east of its junction with the Riverstown Road.

( c ) The road connecting the Old Waterford Road with the main Waterford Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the main Waterford Road.

( d ) The Old Waterford Road between its junction with the main Waterford Road and a point 220 yards north-east of its junction with Marian Terrace.

( e ) The Carrick Road between the town boundary and a point 150 yards north of its junction with Marian Terrace.

( f ) The Knockanduff Road for a distance of 800 yards from the town boundary.

( g ) The Bonmahon Road between the town boundary and a point 100 yards north-east of its junction with the Kilfarrasy Road.

( h ) The Newtown Road between its junction with the Metal Man Road and a point 230 yards south-east of its junction with the Bonmahon Road.

4. The following roads in the County Borough of Waterford:--

( a ) The Knockhouse Road, Quarry Road, The Lacken Road, The Ballindud Road.

( b ) The Lower Grange Road for a distance of 265 yards from the point where the county borough boundary intersects the eastern side of the road.

( c ) The Tramore Road between the county borough boundary and a point 200 yards south of its junction with the Cork Road.

( d ) The Cork Road between its westernmost intersection by the county borough boundary and a point 60 yards south-west of its junction with O'Reilly Road.

( e ) The Cleaboy Road between the county borough boundary and a point 120 yards south-west of its junction with Marian Park.

( f ) The Gracedieu Road between the county borough boundary and a point 200 yards south-east of its junction with the Knockhouse Road.

( g ) The Bilberry Road between the county borough boundary and a point 340 yards north-west of its junction with Waterford Bridge.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Roads declared to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961.

1. The following road at Annestown:--

The Tramore-Dungarvan (Coast) road between the eastern end of Annestown Bridge and a point 70 yards west of its junction with the Ballyheadon Road.

2. The following roads at Ardmore:--

( a ) The Cliff Road, Coffey Lane, Main Street, The Rocky Road, St. Declan's Row.

( b ) Dawson's Road and the road connecting it with the Cliff Road.

( c ) The Dungarvan Road for a distance of 160 yards from its junction with Main Street.

( d ) The Youghal Road for a distance of 550 yards from its junction with Tower Hill.

( e ) Tower Hill between its junction with Main Street and a point 10 yards south of its junction with the Rocky Road.

3. The following roads at Ballyduff:--

( a ) The Fermoy-Lismore road between a point 220 yards west of its junction with the Tallow Road and a point 200 yards east of the said junction.

( b ) The Tallow Road for a distance of 230 yards from its junction with the Fermoy-Lismore road.

( c ) The Baranvalla Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Fermoy-Lismore road.

4. The following roads at Bonmahon:--

( a ) The Tramore-Dungarvan (Coast) road between a point 370 yards east of its junction with Barrack Hill and a point 140 yards north of the said junction.

( b ) Barrack Hill for a distance of 170 yards from its junction with the Tramore-Dungarvan (Coast) Road.

5. The following roads at Cappoquin:--

( a ) Castle Street, Green Street, Mass Lane, Mill Street, O'Donoghue's Terrace, Twig Lane, Church Street.

( b ) The main Lismore-Dungarvan road between a point 50 yards south-east of its junction with the Camphire or Rock Road and a point 220 yards south of its junction with Mill Street.

( c ) The Mount Melleray Road for a distance of 820 yards from its junction with the main Lismore-Dungarvan road.

6. The following roads at Clashmore:--

( a ) Khakitown Road.

( b ) The Clonmel-Youghal road between a point 160 yards east of its junction with the Kilmore Road and a point 100 yards south-east of its junction with the Hill Road.

( c ) The Kilmore Road for a distance of 240 yards from its junction with the Clonmel-Youghal road.

7. The following roads at Dunmore East:--

( a ) The Circular Road, King's Terrace, Long's Hill, Nymphhall Road, Park Road, Sunnyside, Marian Terrace, Wellington Terrace.

( b ) Killea Road for a distance of 470 yards from its junction with Horsequarter Road.

( c ) Horsequarter Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with Long's Hill.

( d ) The Waterford Road for a distance of 120 yards from its junction with Ballymacaw Road.

( e ) Ballymacaw Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with Waterford Road.

( f ) Dock Road and its continuation southwards to a point 50 yards north of the junction of the said continuation with Red Road.

8. The following roads at Kilmacthomas:--

( a ) High Lane, High Street, Main Street, The Square, St. Anne's Terrace.

( b ) The Carrick New Line for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with Main Street.

( c ) The Graigue Road between its junction with the Newtown Road and a point 10 yards north-east of its junction with High Lane.

( d ) The Newtown Road between its junction with Main Street and a point 470 yards east of its junction with the Graigue Road.

( e ) The road to the New Bridge for a distance of 60 yards from its junction with Main Street.

( f ) The Well Road for a distance of 230 yards from its junction with the Dungarvan Road.

( g ) The Dungarvan Road for a distance of 320 yards from its junction with Main Street.

( h ) The Currabaha Road for a distance of 230 yards from its junction with the Dungarvan Road.

9. The following roads adjacent to the town of Lismore:--

( a ) The Parks Road, Hospital Lane, Parks Road housing scheme cul-de-sac, Townparks housing scheme cul-de-sac.

( b ) The Convent Road between the boundary of the town of Lismore and a point 350 yards east of its junction with the Deerpark Road.

( c ) The part of the Mayfield Road which lies outside the boundary of the town of Lismore where the said road is a perimeter road.

( d ) Chapel Street and its continuation as the Union Road between the point where the boundary of the town of Lismore intersects the eastern side of the road and a point 30 yards south-west of the junction of Union Road with Townparks housing scheme cul-de-sac.

( e ) The part of the Ballyanchor Road which lies outside the boundary of the town of Lismore where the said road is a perimeter road.

10. The following roads at Passage East:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Waterford Road 130 yards north-west of its junction with Barrack Square and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

( a ) the eastern terminal point of the Custom House Quay,

( b ) the eastern terminal point of the Breakwater,

( c ) a point on the Woodstown Road 230 yards south of its junction with Dobbyn Street

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Waterford Road.

11. The following roads at Portlaw:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the eastern edge of the Carrick Road 50 yards north of its junction with Connolly Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

( a ) a point on the Priest's Road 20 yards east of its junction with the Carrick Road,

( b ) a point on the Kilmacthomas Road 80 yards south of the centre point of Portlaw Bridge,

( c ) the westernmost point of Bridge Street,

( d ) a point on the Factory Road 80 yards west of its junction with Church Road,

( e ) a point on Pigott's Cross Road 160 yards north-west of its junction with Connolly Road

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Carrick Road.

12. The following roads at Stradbally:--

( a ) The Square, Church Lane.

( b ) The Kilmacthomas Road for a distance of 255 yards from its junction with the Square.

( c ) High Street and its continuation as the Old Coast Road for a distance of 330 yards from the junction of High Street with the Cove Road.

( d ) Nunnery Lane for a distance of 145 yards from its junction with the Cove Road.

( e ) Cove Road between its junction with High Street and a point 45 yards south of its junction with Nunnery Lane.

13. The following roads at Tallow:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Lismore Road 650 yards north of its junction with Chapel Street and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

( a ) a point on Townparks Road 500 yards east of the junction of Chapel Street with the Lismore Road,

( b ) a point on the Youghal Road 100 yards south-east of its junction with Kilcalf Road,

( c ) a point on the Kilcalf Road 170 yards south of its junction with the Youghal Road,

( d ) a point on the Midleton Road 60 yards south of its junction with Cockpit Lane,

( e ) a point on West Street 650 yards west of its junction with the Lismore Road

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Lismore Road.

14. The following roads adjacent to the County Borough of Waterford:--

( a ) The Upper Grange Road for a distance of 100 yards from the borough boundary.

( b ) The Lower Grange Road between the point where the borough boundary intersects the western side of the road and a point 265 yards north-west of the point where the said boundary intersects the eastern side of the road.

( c ) The Old Tramore Road for a distance of 70 yards from the borough boundary.

( d ) The Dunmore Road between the borough boundary and a point 185 yards south-east of its junction with the Maypark Road.

( e ) Maypark Road.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

1. The following road at Ballymacarbry:--

The Dungarvan-Clonmel road between a point 400 yards west of its junction with the Nire Road and a point 1,230 yards west of the said junction.

2. The following roads in the Urban District of Dungarvan:--

( a ) The Waterford (Coast) Road between a point 1,510 yards south-west of the urban district boundary and a point 930 yards south-west of the said boundary.

( b ) The main Waterford Road between a point 240 yards north-east of its junction with the Waterford (Coast) Road and a point 60 yards south of its junction with Boreen a'Willan.

( c ) The Youghal Road between a point 400 yards north-east of the urban district boundary and a point 810 yards north-east of the said boundary.

( d ) The Cappoquin Road between a point 10 yards south-east of its junction with the Kilrush Graveyard Road and a point 600 yards south-east of that junction.

3. The following roads in and adjacent to the County Borough of Waterford:--

( a ) The Dunmore Road between a point 185 yards south-east of its junction with the Maypark Road and a point 985 yards south-east of that junction.

( b ) The Cork Road between a point 60 yards south-west of its junction with O'Reilly Road and a point 500 yards south-west of its junction with Brown's Road.

( c ) The Lacken Road for a distance of 50 yards from Kilbarry Cross Roads.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government

this 24th day of November, 1970.

ROBERT MOLLOY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Waterford and County of Waterford) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 74 of 1967 ) and alter the speed limits applicable to certain roads in these areas.

The Regulations exclude the public roads mentioned in the First Schedule from the scope of the built-up area speed limit of 30 m.p.h. prescribed by section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 , thus enabling a special speed limit of 40 m.p.h. to be applied to some of these roads.

The Regulations declare that the roads mentioned in the Second Schedule which would otherwise be outside the scope of the built-up area speed limit of 30 m.p.h. shall be subject to that limit.

The Regulations prescribe a speed limit of 40 m.p.h. in respect of the public roads mentioned in the Third Schedule.

Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and Garda Síochána vehicles while being used in the course of duty are excepted from all speed limits by the Regulations.