S.I. No. 122/1978:

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF LONGFORD) REGULATIONS, 1978.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF LONGFORD) REGULATIONS, 1978.

The Minister for the Environment 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 Longford) Regulations, 1978.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 15th day of May, 1978.

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 of Longford) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 27 of 1968 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 56 of 1971 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Longford 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 town of Granard:--

( a ) Gaynor's Lane, Bunlahy Road, Aughnagarron Road, Robinstown Lane, Cartron Lane, Abbeylara Road.

( b ) The Longford Road between the town boundary and a point 83 metres west of its junction with Mills Lane.

( c ) The part of the Gowna Road which lies inside the town boundary for a distance of 1,264 metres from the point where the said boundary intersects the north-eastern side of the road.

( d ) The Tromra Road between the town boundary and a point 35 metres north-west of its junction with Barrack Street.

( e ) The Cavan Road between the town boundary and a point 145 metres north-east of its junction with the Ballyjamesduff Road.

( f ) The Ballyjamesduff Road between the town boundary and a point 61 metres east of its junction with the Cavan Road.

( g ) The Castlepollard Road between the town boundary and a point 36 metres south-east of its junction with the Edgeworthstown Road.

( h ) The Edgeworthstown Road for a distance of 997 metres from the town boundary.

( i ) The Granard-Kill road between the town boundary and a point 27 metres south-west of its junction with Mills Lane.

( j ) The Ballinagall Road between the town boundary and a point 25 metres north-west of its junction with the Longford Road.

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

( a ) Demense Lane, Abbeycartron Lane, The Camp Road.

( b ) The Athlone Road between the urban district boundary and a point 187 metres south-west of its junction with St. Michael's Road.

( c ) The Major's Well Road and its continuation as the Cavan Road for a distance of 211 metres from the urban district boundary.

( d ) The Sligo Road between the urban district boundary and a point 561 metres south of its junction with the Camp Road.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Longford 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 Ballinalee:--

( a ) The Longford-Granard road between a point 55 metres west of its junction with the Arva Road and a point 342 metres east of the said junction.

( b ) The Arva Road between its junction with the Longford-Granard road and a point 258 metres south of its junction with the Soran Road.

( c ) The Garvagh Road between its junction with the Longford-Granard road and a point 9 metres north of its junction with the France road.

2. The following roads at Ballymahon:--

( a ) Marian Terrace, Workhouse Road, St. Matthew Park Housing Estate Roads.

( b ) The Longford-Mullingar road between a point 23 metres south-east of its junction with the Moygh Road and a point 118 metres south-east of its junction with the Keel Road.

( c ) The Edgeworthstown Road for a distance of 445 metres from its junction with the Longford-Mullingar road.

( d ) The Ballymulvey Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Longford-Mullingar road.

( e ) The Keel Road for a distance of 220 metres from its junction with the Longford-Mullingar road.

( f ) The Athlone Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Longford-Mullingar road.

3. The following roads at Drumlish:--

( a ) The Longford-Arva road between a point 215 metres north-east of its junction with the Newtown Forbes Road and a point 177 metres north-east of its junction with the Edgeworthstown Road.

( b ) Main Street and its continuation as the Mohill Road for a distance of 275 metres from the junction of Main Street with the Longford-Arva road.

( c ) The Edgeworthstown Road for a distance of 278 metres from its junction with the Longford-Arva road.

( d ) The Hill Road for a distance of 55 metres from its junction with the Longford-Arva road.

4. The following roads at Edgeworthstown:--

( a ) Back Lane, Church Lane, Marian Terrace, St. Patrick's Terrace, Devine Cresent.

( b ) The Dublin-Longford road between a point 145 metres south-east of its junction with the Granard Road and a point 221 metres west of its junction with the Athlone Road.

( c ) The Athlone Road for a distance of 497 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Longford Road.

( d ) The Bracklon Road for a distance of 457 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Longford road.

( e ) The Granard Road for a distance of 735 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Longford road.

( f ) The Castlepollard Road for a distance of 230 metres from its junction with the Granard Road.

5. The following roads at Keenagh:--

( a ) The Longford-Ballymahon road between a point 567 metres north-west of its junction with the Abbeyderg Road and a point 302 metres south-east of its junction with the Island Bridge Road.

( b ) The Abbeyderg Road for a distance of 153 metres from its junction with the Longford-Ballymahon road.

( c ) The Island Bridge Road for a distance of 142 metres from its junction with the Longford-Ballymahon road.

6. The following roads at Lanesborough:--

( a ) Power Station Road.

( b ) The Longford-Roscommon road between a point 93 metres east of its junction with the Power Station Road and the boundary between the counties of Longford and Roscommon at Lanesborough Bridge.

( c ) Church Road for a distance of 250 metres from its junction with the Ballymahon Road.

( d ) The Ballymahon Road for a distance of 565 metres from its junction with the Longford-Roscommon Road.

( e ) The roads serving the Bórd na Móna Housing Scheme.

( f ) The Rathcline Road for a distance of 467 metres from its junction with the Ballymahon Road.

7. The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Longford:--

( a ) Ardnacassagh Lane, Park Road, Glack Housing Estate Roads, Farnagh Housing Estate Roads.

( b ) The Moydow Road for a distance of 145 metres from its junction with the Park Road.

( c ) Farnagh Lane for a distance of 433 metres from its junction with the Moydow Road.

( d ) The Dublin Road between the point where the urban district boundary intersects the southern side of the road and a point 35 metres south-east of its junction with Ardnacassagh Lane.

( e ) Blind Man's Walk for a distance of 165 metres from the boundary of the urban district of Longford.

8. The following roads at Newtown Forbes:--

( a ) The Longford-Sligo road between a point 84 metres south-east of its junction with Ballykenny Road and a point 94 metres north-west of its junction with the Leitrim Road.

( b ) Curry Lane for a distance of 65 metres from its junction with the Longford-Sligo road.

( c ) The Cahanagh Road for a distance of 80 metres from its junction with the Longford-Sligo road.

( d ) The Leitrim Road for a distance of 145 metres from its junction with the Longford-Sligo road.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1. The following roads at Ballymahon:--

( a ) Leo Casey Terrace.

( b ) The Longford Road between a point 320 metres north-west of its junction with the Moygh Road and a point 23 metres south-east of the said junction.

( c ) The Moygh Road for a distance of 548 metres from its junction with the Longford-Mullingar road.

( d ) The Athlone Road between a point 46 metres south-west of its junction with the Longford-Mullingar road and a point 366 metres south-west of the said junction.

2. The following roads at Edgeworthstown:--

( a ) The Dublin Road between a point 145 metres south-east of its junction with the Granard Road and a point 500 metres south-east of the said junction.

( b ) The Longford Road between a point 221 metres west of its junction with the Athlone Road and a point 451 metres west of the said junction.

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

( a ) The Cavan Road between a point 475 metres south-west of the town boundary and a point 145 metres north-east of its junction with the Ballyjamesduff Road.

( b ) The Ballyjamesduff Road between a point 61 metres east of its junction with the Cavan Road and a point 291 metres east of the said junction.

4. The following road at Lanesboro:--

The Rathcline Road between a point 467 metres south of its junction with the Ballymahon Road and a point 1,210 metres south of the said junction.

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

( a ) Demesne Lane, Abbeycartron Lane, Camp Road, Aghadegnan Lane.

( b ) The Sligo Road between a point 561 metres south of its junction with the Camp Road and a point 548 metres north-west of the said junction.

( c ) The Dublin Road between a point 260 metres north-west of the centre line of the new Railway Bridge and a point 35 metres south-east of its junction with Ardnacassagh Lane.

( d ) The Major's Well Road and its continuation as the Cavan Road between a point 27 metres north-east of its junction with Blind Man's Walk and a point 211 metres south-west of the boundary of the urban district of Longford.

( e ) The Drumlish Road between its junction with Sligo Road and a point 70 metres south of its junction with the Knockmartin Lane.

( f ) Blind Man's Walk between its junction with the Cavan Road and a point 165 metres east of the boundary of the urban district of Longford.

6. The following roads at Termonbarry:--

( a ) The Termonbarry-Longford road for a distance of 285 metres from the boundary of the counties of Longford and Roscommon at Termonbarry Bridge.

( b ) The Fisherstown Road for a distance of 50 metres from its junction with the Termonbarry-Longford road.

( c ) The new Termonbarry-Longford by-pass road to Clandra village for a distance of 50 metres east of its junction with the Fisherstown Road.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this 24th

day of April, 1978.

SYLVESTER BARRETT,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 27 of 1968 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Longford) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 56 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.