S.I. No. 145/1977:

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF KERRY) REGULATIONS, 1977.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF KERRY) REGULATIONS, 1977.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 , 45 and 46 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) amended as regards the said section 46 by section 25 of 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 of Kerry) Regulations, 1977.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 30th day of May, 1977.

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 mile 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 of Kerry) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 208 of 1967 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1971 ) 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 Killarney:--

(a) Ross Road.

(b) Emmett's Road or Lewis Road and its continuation as the Kilcummin Road between the urban district boundary and a point 64 metres north of its junction with d'Alton's Terrace.

(c) The Cork Road between the urban district boundary and a point 90 metres south-east of its junction with the Spa Road.

(d) Woodlawn Road between its junction with the Cork Road and a point 27 metres north-east of its junction with the Ballycasheen Road.

(e) Flesk Road for a distance of 140 metres from the urban district boundary.

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

(a) The Ballygrenane Road.

(b) The Greenville Road for a distance of 612 metres from the urban district boundary.

(c) The Ballybunion Road between the urban district boundary and a point 137 metres north-west of its junction with the Greenville Road.

(d) The Ballylongford Road for a distance of 731 metres from the urban district boundary.

(e) The Ballygowloge Road between the urban district boundary and a point 548 metres north-east of its junction with the Tarbert Road.

(f) The Duagh Road between the urban district boundary and a point 4 metres north-west of its junction with the Ballygrenane Road.

(g) The Tralee Road between the urban district boundary and a point 45 metres south-west of its junction with the Duagh Road.

3. The following roads in the Urban District of Tralee:--

(a) The New Road.

(b) The road leading from Blennerville to Ballyard.

(c) Basin Road for a distance of 128 metres from its junction with the Dingle Road.

(d) The Kerries Road where the said road is a perimeter road.

(e) The Abbeydorney Road between the urban district boundary and a point 405 metres north-east of its junction with Buntalloon Road.

(f) Buntalloon Road between the urban district boundary and a point 18 metres north-west of its junction with St. Brendan's Park.

(g) Oakpark Road between the urban district boundary and a point 950 metres north-east of its junction with Riverside.

(h) The Clash Road between the urban district boundary and a point 366 metres north-east of its junction with Quill Street.

(i) The Ballyard Road between the urban district boundary and a point 45 metres south-west of its junction with the Dingle Road.

(j) The Dingle Road between a point 95 metres east of the centre line of Blennerville Bridge and a point 95 metres west of the centre line of Mulgrave 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 roads at Abbeydorney :--

(a) The Tralee-Ballybunion road between a point 275 metres south-east of its junction with the Ardfert-Lixnaw road and a point 92 metres north-west of the said junction.

(b) The Ardfert-Lixnaw road between a point 310 metres south-west of its junction with the Tralee-Ballybunion road and a point 230 metres north-east of the said junction.

2. The following roads at Annascaul:--

(a) The Tralee-Dingle road between a point 92 metres south-west of its junction with the Derrygorman Road and a point 235 metres south-west of the centre line of Annascaul Bridge.

(b) The Ballinacourty Road for a distance of 7 metres from its junction with the Dingle-Tralee road.

3. The following roads at Ardfert :--

(a) The Square, Cathedral Road.

(b) The Tralee-Ballyheigue road between a point 137 metres south-east of its junction with the Abbeydorney Road and a point 238 metres north-west of its junction with the Fenit Road.

(c) The Causeway Road for a distance of 297 metres from its junction with Cathedral Road.

(d) The Fenit or Chapel Road for a distance of 147 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballyheigue road.

(e) The Abbeydorney or Station Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballyheigue road.

4. The following roads at Ballybunion :--

(a) Church Road, George Street, Georges Terrace, Marian Terrace, South Circular Road, Strand Road, the road connecting Church Road with Strand Road.

(b) The Ballybunion-Listowel road between its junction with the Sandhill Road and a point 201 metres north-west of its junction with Ahafona Cross Roads.

(c) The Sandhill Road for a distance of 805 metres from its junction with the Ballybunion-Listowel road.

(d) The Doon Road between the northern end of Strand Road and a point 393 metres south of its junction with the Beale Road and the Ballylongford Road.

5. The following roads at Ballyduff :--

(a) The School Road.

(b) The Tralee-Ballybunion road between a point 64 metres south of its junction with the Bishopscourt Road and a point 46 metres north-east of its junction with the Ballyhorgan Road.

(c) The Bishopscourt Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballybunion road.

(d) The Ballyhorgan Road for a distance of 65 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballybunion road.

(e) The Strand Road for a distance of 23 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballybunion road.

(f) The Meenaghane Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballybunion road.

(g) The Heart Hill Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Ballybunion road.

6. The following road at Ballyheigue:--

The Kerryhead Road between a point 183 metres south-west of its junction with the Tralee-Listowel road and a point 1,363 metres west of the said junction.

7. The following roads at Ballylongford:--

(a) The Astee-Tarbert (Upper) road between a point 366 metres north-west of its junction with the Listowel Road and a point 293 metres south-east of the said junction.

(b) The Listowel-Tarbert (Lower) road between a point 412 metres south-west of its junction with the Astee-Tarbert (Upper) road and a point 366 metres north-east of the said junction.

8. The following roads at Barraduff :--

(a) The Killarney-Rathmore road between a point 480 metres west of its junction with the Lisbaba Road and a point 92 metres east of the said junction.

(b) The Lisbaba-Glenflesk road between a point 92 metres north of its junction with the Killarney-Rathmore road and a point 92 metres south of the said junction.

9. The following roads at Caherciveen :--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Killorglin Road 229 metres north-east of its westernmost junction with the Reenrusheen Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points: --

(a) the southern terminal point of Top Street,

(b) a point on the Waterville Road 947 metres south-west of its junction with Old Post Office Street,

(c) the western terminal point of the Breakwater,

(d) a point on Bridge Street 50 metres north-west of its junction with Marconi Terrace,

(e) the eastern terminal point of Marconi Terrace,

(f) a point on the Reenrusheen Road 156 metres north-east of its junction with the Killorglin Road,

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

10. The following roads at Castleisland:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Tralee Road 460 metres north-west of its junction with Main Street and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points: --

(a) a point on the Pound Road 400 metres north-west of its junction with the Tralee Road,

(b) a point on the Limerick Road 330 metres north-west of its junction with upper Main Street,

(c) a point on the College Road 366 metres north-east of its junction with the Cordal Road,

(d) a point on the Cordal Road 460 metres east of its junction with the College Road,

(e) a point on the Ballydesmond Road 357 metres south-east of its junction with Main Street,

(f) a point on the Killarney Road 485 metres south-west of its junction with Main Street,

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

11. The following roads at Castlemaine:--

(a) The Tralee-Caherciveen road between a point 310 metres north of its junction with the Ballyfinnane Road and a point 65 metres north of the centre line of the bridge over the river Maine.

(b) The Ballyfinnane Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(c) The Dingle Road for a distance of 183 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

12. The following roads at Causeway :--

(a) The Ballyheigue-Ballyduff road between a point 366 metres south-west of its junction with the Sea Road and a point 298 metres north-east of the said junction.

(b) The Ardfert Road for a distance of 183 metres from its junction with the Ballyheigue-Ballyduff road.

(c) The Sea Road for a distance of 412 metres from its junction with the Ballyheigue-Ballyduff road.

13. The following roads at Dingle:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on Strand Road 412 metres south-east of Milltown Cross and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

(a) the southern terminal point of the Coastguard Station Road,

(b) the southern terminal point of John Street,

(c) a point on the old Connor Hill Road 295 metres north-east of its junction with Spa Road,

(d) a point on Spa Road 660 metres north-east of its junction with Main Street,

(e) the northern terminal point of Chapel Lane,

(f) a point on Goat Street 23 metres south-east of Workhouse Cross,

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

14. The following roads at Glenbeigh:--

(a) The Tralee-Caherciveen road between a point 175 metres north-east of its junction with the Station Road and a point 115 metres south-west of its junction with the Rossbeigh Road.

(b) The Station Road for a distance of 230 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(c) The Rossbeigh Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(d) The Coomasaharn Road for a distance of 138 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

15. The following roads at Kenmare:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Glengarriff Road 15 metres north of its junction with Pier Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

(a) a point on the Kilgarvan Road 70 metres north-east of its junction with Main Street,

(b) a point of the Hospital Road 357 metres north-east of its junction with the Square,

(c) a point on the Killarney Road 275 metres north-west of its junction with the Square,

(d) a point on the Tubbrid Road 147 metres south-west of its junction with the Killarney Road,

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

16. The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Killarney:--

(a) The Spa Road for a distance of 348 metres north-east of its junction with the Cork Road.

(b) The Tralee Road for a distance of 170 metres north-west of the boundary of the urban district of Killarney.

(c) St. Margaret's Road between the boundary of the urban district of Killarney and its junction with the Port Road.

(d) The Port Road and its continuation as the Killorglin Road between the boundary of the urban district of Killarney and a point 65 metres west of the centre line of Ballydowney Bridge.

17. The following roads at Killorglin:--

(a) Market Street, Hill Road, Convent Road.

(b) The Tralee-Caherciveen road between a point 366 metres north-east of its junction with the Killarney Road and a point 183 metres north-east of its junction with the Cromane Road.

(c) The Killarney Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(d) The County Council Housing Estate Roads at Drumavally.

(e) The Glencar Road for a distance of 183 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(f) Langford Street and its continuation as the Caragh Lake Road for a distance of 860 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(g) The Sunhill Road for a distance of 531 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

(h) The Ballykissane Road between its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road and a point 32 metres north of its junction with the Hill Road.

(i) The Ardmoniel Road for a distance of 275 metres south-west of its junction with the Caragh Lake Road.

18. The following road adjacent to the Urban District of Listowel:--

The Tarbert Road between the boundary of the urban district of Listowel and a point 350 metres east of the said boundary.

19. The following roads in and adjacent to Lixnaw :--

(a) The Abbeydorney-Listowel road between a point 137 metres south of its junction with the Lixnaw Road and a point 92 metres north-east of the said junction.

(b) The Lixnaw Road between its junction with the Abbeydorney-Listowel road and a point 1,145 metres north-west of the said junction.

20. The following roads at Milltown:--

(a) Kilcolman Square, Main Street, Mart Lane, Spout Lane, Miles Lane, The Square.

(b) The Tralee-Caherciveen road between a point 46 metres north of its junction with Miles Lane and a point 75 metres north of its junction with the Ballyvirrane Road.

(c) Old Chapel Lane between its junction with Main Street and a point 55 metres north-east of its junction with Miles Lane.

(d) Church Street and its continuation as the Killarney Road for a distance of 398 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Caherciveen road.

21. The following roads at Moyvane:--

(a) The Listowel Road for a distance of 285 metres from its junction with the Tarbert-Knockanure road.

(b) The Glin Road for a distance of 285 metres from its junction with the Tarbert-Knockanure road.

(c) The Tarbert-Knockanure road between a point 252 metres north of its junction with the Listowel Road and a point 805 metres south of the said junction.

22. The following roads at Rathmore :--

(a) Ard Mhuire.

(b) The Killarney-Mallow road between a point 450 metres north-west of its junction with the Station Road and a point 320 metres east of its junction with the Hollymount Road.

(c) The Station Road for a distance of 230 metres from its junction with the Killarney-Mallow road.

(d) The Mill or Bog Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Killarney-Mallow road.

(e) The Killarney-Mallow road between a point 20 metres east of its junction with the Rathbeg Road and a point 37 metres west of its junction with the Gneeveguilla Road.

(f) The Cloonts Road for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with the Killarney-Mallow road.

(g) The Millstreet Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Killarney-Mallow road.

(h) The Hollymount Road for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with the Killarney-Mallow road.

23. The following roads at Sneem:--

(a) Fair Green North, Fair Green South, Quay Road.

(b) The Waterville-Kenmare road between a point 192 metres west of its junction with the Maulagallane Road and a point 340 metres south-east of its junction with Quay Road.

(c) The Maulagallane Road for a distance of 183 metres from its junction with the Waterville-Kenmare road.

(d) The Killarney Road for a distance of 165 metres from its junction with the Waterville-Kenmare road.

(e) The Road leading from the Waterville-Kenmare road to the Catholic Church.

(f) The Derreenavurrig Road for a distance of 20 metres from its junction with the Waterville-Kenmare road.

24. The following roads at Tarbert:--

(a) St. Patrick's Terrace, The Tarbert Island Road.

(b) The Glin-Ballylongford (Upper) road between a point 220 metres south-east of its junction with the Square and a point 450 metres south-west of its junction with the Ballylongford (Lower) Road.

(c) The Ballylongford (Lower) Road for a distance of 83 metres from its junction with the Glin-Ballylongford (Upper) road.

(d) The Square, Chapel Street and its continuation as the Listowel Road for a distance of 366 metres from the junction of the Square with the Glin-Ballylongford (Upper) road.

25. The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Tralee:--

(a) The Ballyvelly Road for a distance of 335 metres from the boundary of the urban district of Tralee.

(b) The Castlemaine Road for a distance of 46 metres from the boundary of the urban district of Tralee.

(c) The Clogher Road for a distance of 70 metres from the boundary of the urban district of Tralee.

(d) The Killarney Road between the boundary of the urban district of Tralee and a point 310 metres south-east of its junction with the Killerisk Road.

26. The following roads at Waterville :--

(a) Spunkane Cottages Road, Sportsfield Road, The Cable Station Road.

(b) The Caherciveen-Kenmare road between a point 156 metres north-west of its junction with the Cliff Road and a point 695 metres south of its junction with the Spunkane Road.

(c) The Cliff Road for a distance of 65 metres from its junction with the Caherciveen-Kenmare road.

(d) The Spunkane Road for a distance of 672 metres from its junction with the Caherciveen-Kenmare road.

(e) The Beenbane Road for a distance of 275 metres from its junction with the Caherciveen-Kenmare road.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Roads in respect of which a special speed limit of 40 miles per hour is prescribed.

1. The following road at Castleisland :--

The Ballydesmond Road between a point 357 metres south-east of its junction with Main Street and a point 855 metres south-east of the said junction.

2. The following roads at Duagh :--

(a) The Cemetery Road.

(b) The Listowel-Abbeyfeale road between a point 252 metres north-west of its junction with the Lisroe Road and a point 480 metres south-east of the said junction.

(c) The Lisroe Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Listowel-Abbeyfeale road.

3. The following roads at Farranfore:--

(a) The Tralee-Killarney road between a point 95 metres south-east of its junction with the Castleisland Road and a point 690 metres south-east of the said junction.

(b) The Fieries Road for a distance of 96 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Killarney road.

(c) The Currow Road for a distance of 110 metres from its junction with the Tralee-Killarney road.

4. The following road in and adjacent to the Urban District of Killarney:--

Ross Road for a distance of 366 metres from its junction with the Flesk Road.

5. The following roads in and adjacent to the Urban District of Tralee:--

(a) The New Road.

(b) Oakpark Road between a point 950 metres north-east of its junction with Riverside and a point 1,225 metres north-east of the boundary of the urban district of Tralee.

(c) The Dingle Road between a point 95 metres east of the centre line of Blennerville Bridge and a point 95 metres west of the centre line of Mulgrave Bridge.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 13th day of May, 1977.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 208 of 1967 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1971 ) and alter the speed limits applicable to certain roads in this area.

The Regulations exclude the public roads mentioned in the First Schedule from the scope of the built-up area speed limit prescribed by section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 , and declare the public roads mentioned in the Second Schedule to be subject to that speed limit.

The Regulations also prescribe a speed limit of 40 miles per hour 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.