Weight limit signs sought for North Kildare region

Kildare County Council (KCC) have been urged to install weight restriction signs at junctions relating to two roads in North Kildare.

Fine Gael councillor Brendan Wyse called on KCC in his motion to place signs at 'all junctions of the local roads L5011 and L5017, to prevent Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) traffic from using these single lane roads in Mylerstown as roads to access the R402 at Carbury Sweep.'

He said: "I think it would be best to advise lorries about the roads due to their width and location," and added that Google Maps should be able to send out an alert about it being unfit for HGVs.

His fellow party colleague Cllr Brendan Weld supported his motion, adding: "When the roads were first built, they were never built to support the weight currently going over them (from HGVS)."

Cllr Weld told KCC that locals were becoming frustrated at the amount of HGVs coming through the area, further claimed that some people have been 'practically locked in' their homes in the morning due to the high volume of HGVs passing through.

He also expressed support for the possibility of imposing weight restrictions in the area.

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In response to the concerns of both Cllr Wyse and Cllr Weld, KCC engineer Cyril Buggie remarked that while he felt it was 'more of an issue of the junctions being quite wide', he was open to the prospect of KCC implementing signage for the area.

Fine Gael Cllr Tim Durkan also suggested that Google should meet with KCC to discuss the issue.

In its report delivered at the meeting, KCC officials said: "There are currently no weight restrictions on the above-mentioned roads.

KCC added: "If weight restrictions signs were installed without weight restrictions being in place, they would be unenforceable."