Mells Blind Spot affecting 80 Motorists a day- Kevin Callan
Local Fine Gael Representative, Kevin Callan has said that residents of the Riverview Estate in Mell are in need of help from Drogheda Borough Council in connection to the junction at the entrance to their estate. The West Gate Ward Representatives comments come on foot of complaints received from local residents who are having difficulty exiting the estate due to a blind spot.
“An accident is waiting to happen at the entrance to Riverview with The fast-moving traffic coming down from Mell towards Trinity Street. A high slope that creates a blind spot and schoolchildren who prefer to cross the road rather than use the pedestrian crossing further up the hill at the National School are combined risks that make it dangerous to just about anybody exiting the estate”.
According to some residents of the Riverview Estate, which has over eighty houses, it is easy to believe that if nothing is done to rectify the situation, it will be just a matter of time before an accident takes place.
Local Fine Gael Representative, Kevin Callan has said that residents of the Riverview Estate in Mell are in need of help from Drogheda Borough Council in connection to the junction at the entrance to their estate. The West Gate Ward Representatives comments come on foot of complaints received from local residents who are having difficulty exiting the estate due to a blind spot.
“An accident is waiting to happen at the entrance to Riverview with The fast-moving traffic coming down from Mell towards Trinity Street. A high slope that creates a blind spot and schoolchildren who prefer to cross the road rather than use the pedestrian crossing further up the hill at the National School are combined risks that make it dangerous to just about anybody exiting the estate”.
According to some residents of the Riverview Estate, which has over eighty houses, it is easy to believe that if nothing is done to rectify the situation, it will be just a matter of time before an accident takes place.
The entrance is partially blocked by a high slope, and this cuts off visibility of oncoming traffic at a corner, thus making it even more difficult.
According to one resident, "Some motorists might not realise that there actually is a junction here until the last minute and this is why we need to have something done immediately, I don’t think traffic lights are the answer, but better signs letting people know there is a junction and a mirror across the road from the estate so that when we are pulling out, we can see if there is oncoming traffic”.
Mr. Callan has said that there are several traffic issues in Mell and Trinity Street and that he is preparing a study of this stretch of road this year and will be submitting a report to the Borough Council with several recommendations.
“Mell is a very populated area, it has a hill descending down towards West Street and traffic does travel at speed at times, we also have a problem with traffic jams in Trinity Street at peak times, traffic light settings have to be reviewed and the junction at Riverview needs a solution now, we also have a national school that sits beside a busy stretch of road”.
Mr Callan went onto say that there was a need for more traffic calming measures in Mell and that a review of the traffic in the area was vital.
“We have residents in Riverview who find it hard to get out of their estate in the mornings, people are dropping children to school and going to work but cannot leave the estate as they cant see oncoming traffic, the simple solution is to place a viewing mirror across the road to allow residents to see oncoming traffic, as one resident has already suggested. I will be in touch with the Borough Engineer about this problem as it is serious when people are being inconvenienced in the way that they are”.
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Contact Kevin Directly on: 087 777 6648
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