Category Archives: Road Safety

Road Safety

Notice of Motion – Meath Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 initiative

Meath County Council Adopts Stayin’ Alive at 1.5

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting 3rd October 2016.

9 Notice of Motion
9.1 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

“Meath County Council to adopt Safe Cycling Ireland’s Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 initiative.
Supporting details can be found at http://www.safecyclingireland.org/stayin-alive-at-1-
5/

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and
considered.
This matter was referred to Meath Sports Partnership and the Staying Alive 1.5
information is now available for viewing on the Meath Sports Partnership website.
www.meathsports.ie

Notice of Question – Contractors to grit public roads?

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting 3rd October 2016.

8 Notice of Question
8.2 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

“Are any systems/polices in place to allow the use of contractors to grit public roads?”

Response
There is a Winter Gritting Review Sub Group (a Sub Group of the Transportation
Strategic Policy Committee) meeting on Thursday 29th September and an SPC meeting
on the 13th October to review and discuss the 2016/2017 Winter Maintenance
programme. Systems/polices regarding the use of contractors to salt public roads shall
form part of these discussions.

Notice of Motion – Traffic calming St. Loman’s Street

Trim Municipal District Ordinary Meeting 16th September 2016. 7 Notice of Motion 7.1 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden “That Meath County Council urgently addresses the issues relating to speeding and pedestrian safety on St. Loman’s Street – these issues were raised at meetings of Trim Municipal District in April and November 2015 and February and July 2016, in addition to being raised in correspondence submitted to Meath County Council from June 2015 to July 2016.”
Date Sent To Subject
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:59 AM mXXX@meathcoco.ie Road Markings for Speed
29 January 2016 13:13 memXXXX@meathcoco.ie Fwd: Road Markings for Speed
Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:16 PM memXXX@meathcoco.ie Road Safety – Enquiry
Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:07 AM memXXX@meathcoco.ie Access Issues – St. Loman’s Street
Wed, May 4, 2016 at 10:03 AM memXXX@meathcoco.ie Traffic Safety – St. Fintinas, Longwood & St. Patricks, Trim
Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:28 AM pXXXX@meathcoco.ie RE: FW: Road Markings for Speed
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 8:38 AM JXXX@meathcoco.ie Re: School safety Longwood and Trim
Supporting information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and considered: With regards to the provision of a pedestrian crossing at Loman Street, a speed survey is required to be undertaken. The Council is currently reviewing approximately 200 locations throughout the county, which have been highlighted regarding potential speed limit or speeding issues. It is confirmed that Loman Street (L-4022) in Trim is included on the schedule of areas for review and, as part of this review, traffic speed surveys are due to be carried out in the coming weeks. Any decision in relation to a pedestrian crossing at this location will be based on the results of these surveys and other relevant data gathered during the review while also taking into account available resources and funding.

Winter Gritting Routes – Policy & Funding

Meath County Council Monthly Meeting
1st February 2016, Meath County Council Chamber.

8. Notice of Motion
8.5 Submitted by the Meath Independent Technical Group

Meath County Council call on the Minister for Transport with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to revise the policy and funding regarding Winter Gritting Routes to address the inadequacies of the current system whereby population centres can be excluded due to the designation of roads. Routes to population centres above a reasonable threshold should be prioritised regardless of road designation.

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and considered.

Meath County Council salts over 580km. of roads across 10 routes in the county each time icy roads are predicted. All National Primary (100km/h – Priority 1), all National Secondary (80km/h – Priority 1) and approx. 80% of all Regional Routes (80km/h –Priority 1/2) are salted. Approximately 15% (by length) of all roads in the county are treated. The M1 (Dublin – Belfast), M2 (Ashbourne By-Pass), M3 (Clonee – Kells) and M4 (Dublin -Sligo – Galway) are taken care of by private entities. The NRA provides full funding to the Council for the salting of the National Road network. There is, however, no central funding for the Non-National (Regional & Local) Road Network. The Council makes limited resources available from its maintenance funds towards the salting of the regional routes. The Council’s resources are fully utilised at present and the only way to add a new route to the Winter Maintenance Plan is to drop an existing route. Meath County Council is not in a position to increase resources or to drop an existing route. However, Meath County Council carries out full reviews during and at the end of each season for the preparation of the following seasons Network.The Salting Network is agreed with Councillors and represents the best prioritised extent of coverage based on road classification, historic weather data, available funding and resources. A map of the salting routes is available on the Council’s website www.meath.ie.

Link to Minutes on Meath County Council.

Footpath linking Navan Road (R161) to Marcies / Newtown Abbey

Update April 2020

The project has been costed as part of the 2020 footpath works programme. The path from Newtown Abbey (Marcies) to the Navan Road (R161) will cost in the region of €68,000.

Update December 2019

I have met with the Transportation Department officals and progress has been made. All going to plan there should be progress in the coming months.

Update November 2019

I have spoken with managment about this project and resolving the the issues that need to be resolved before we can proceed.

Update September 2015

I have again raised the issue and requested a report on the issues relating to the project.