S.I. No. 307/1967 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Westmeath) Regulations, 1967.
S.I. No. 307 of 1967. | ||
ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF WESTMEATH) REGULATIONS, 1967. | ||
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) and as respects article 7 after consultation with the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána and the road authority concerned and as respects article 5 on the application of the said Commissioner hereby makes the following Regulations:— | ||
1 Citation. | 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Westmeath) Regulations, 1967. | |
2 Commencement. | 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1968. | |
3 Interpretation. | 3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires | |
"the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ; | ||
"road" means a public road; | ||
"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 Built-up area speed limit. | 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 Special speed limit. | 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 Exceptions. | 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 Revocation. | 7. Articles 5 and 6 of the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1963 ) in so far as they relate to roads in the County of Westmeath 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 Athlone:— | ||
(a) The Doovoge Road, the Roscommon Road, the Carrickobreen Road, Lakelands, St. Joseph's Villas. | ||
(b) The Clonown Road for a distance of 535 yards from the Urban District boundary. | ||
(c) The Galway Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 25 yards north-east of its easternmost junction with St. Coman's Park. | ||
(d) The Ballymahon Road for a distance of 200 yards from the Urban District boundary. | ||
(e) The Dublin Road for a distance of 810 yards from the Urban District boundary. | ||
(f) The Golden Island Road for a distance of 850 yards from the Urban District boundary. | ||
2. The following roads in the town of Mullingar:— | ||
(a) Saunders Bridge Road, The Castlepollard Road. | ||
(b) The Kilbeggan Road for a distance of 430 yards from the town boundary. | ||
(c) The Rochfortbridge Road for a distance of 330 yards from the point where the town boundary intersects the eastern side of the road. | ||
(d) The Dublin Road between the town boundary and a point 40 yards east of its junction with the Delvin Road. | ||
(e) The Delvin Road for a distance of 250 yards from the town boundary. | ||
(f) The Longford Road between the town boundary and a point 140 yards north-west of its junction with the Green Road. | ||
(g) Ashe Road for a distance of 530 yards from the town boundary. | ||
(h) The Athlone Road for a distance of 120 yards from the town boundary. | ||
(i) The Racecourse Road for a distance of 1,100 yards from the point where the town boundary intersects the northern side of the road. | ||
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 adjacent to the Urban District of Athlone:— | ||
(a) The One-Mile Round Road. | ||
(b) The Coosan Road West for a distance of 200 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone. | ||
(c) The Coosan Point Road for a distance of 50 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone. | ||
(d) The Moydrum Road for a distance of 215 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone. | ||
(e) The part of the road along the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone connecting the Moydrum Road with the Dublin Road. | ||
2. The following roads at Castlepollard:— | ||
(a) Glenview Cottages Road, the Square, Water Lane, Church Lane. | ||
(b) The Mullingar Road for a distance of 530 yards from its junction with the Square. | ||
(c) The Bratty Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Dublin Road. | ||
(d) The Dublin Road between its junction with the Square and a point 20 yards south-east of its junction with the Bratty Road. | ||
(e) Church Street and its continuation as the Fore Road for a distance of 430 yards from the junction of Church Street with the Square. | ||
(f) Water Street and its continuation as the Ballycomoyle Road for a distance of 350 yards from the junction of Water Street with the Square. | ||
(g) Green Street and its continuation as the Finnea Road for a distance 530 yards from the junction of Green Street with the Square. | ||
(h) The Coole Road for a distance of 620 yards from its junction with the Square. | ||
3. The following roads at Delvin:— | ||
(a) The Clonmellon-Mullingar road between a point 200 yards north-east of its junction with the Castlepollard Road and a point 150 yards south-west of its junction with the Ballyhealy Road. | ||
(b) The Athboy Road for a distance of 140 yards from its junction with the Clonmellon-Mullingar road. | ||
(c) The Ballyhealy Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Clonmellon-Mullingar road. | ||
(d) The Castlepollard Road for a distance of 120 yards from its junction with the Clonmellon-Mullingar road. | ||
4. The following roads at Kilbeggan: —— | ||
(a) The Square, St. Mary's Avenue. | ||
(b) The Kinnegad-Athlone road between a point 295 yards north-east of its junction with the Tullamore Road and a point 125 yards north-west of its junction with the Clara Road. | ||
(c) The Daingean Road for a distance of 435 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(d) The Tullamore Road for a distance of 455 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(e) The Relic Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(f) The Clara Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(g) The Streamstown Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(h) The Mullingar Road for a distance of 235 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
5. The following roads at Moate:— | ||
(a) Station Road, Ave Maria Park. | ||
(b) The Kinnegad-Athlone road between a point 50 yards east of its junction with the road connecting the said road with the Clara Road and a point 30 yards west of its junction with the Moneen Road. | ||
(c) The Moneen Road for a distance of 80 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(d) The Mount Temple or Jones Lake Road for a distance of 190 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(e) The Ballymore Road between its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road and a point 60 yards north-west of its junction with the Rosemount Road. | ||
(f) The Rosemount Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Ballymore Road. | ||
(g) The Clara Road between its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road and a point 80 yards north-west of its junction with the Ballycumber Road. | ||
(h) The road connecting the Clara Road with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(i) Burgess Lane for a distance of 60 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
6. The following road adjacent to the town of Mullingar: — | ||
The Russellstown Road for a distance of 500 yards from the point where the boundary of the town of Mullingar intersects the northeastern side of the road. | ||
7. The following roads at Rochfortbridge: — | ||
(a) The Kinnegad-Athlone road between a point 25 yards north-east of its junction with the Mullingar Road and a point 200 yards south-west of its junction with the Dalystown Road. | ||
(b) The Mullingar Road for a distance of 90 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(c) The Dalystown Road for a distance of 350 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(d) The Rhode Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(e) The road connecting the Rhode Road with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
8. The following roads at Tyrellspass: — | ||
(a) The Crescent Road. | ||
(b) The Kinnegad-Athlone road between a point 325 yards north-east of its junction with the Mullingar Road and a point 160 yards south-west of its junction with the Daingean Road. | ||
(c) The Mullingar Road for a distance of 200 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
(d) The Daingean Road for a distance of 60 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
THIRD SCHEDULE | ||
Roads in respect of which a special speed limit of 40 miles per hour is prescribed. | ||
1. The following roads in and adjacent to the Urban District of Athlone: — | ||
(a) Lakelands, St. Joseph's Villas. | ||
(b) The Galway Road between the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone and a point 25 yards north-east of its easternmost junction with St. Coman's Park. | ||
(c) The Roscommon Road between the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone and the junction of the said road with the Galway Road. | ||
(d) The Ballymahon Road between a point 200 yards south-west of the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone and a point 1,000 yards north-east of the said boundary. | ||
(e) The Two-Mile Round Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Ballymahon Road. | ||
(f) The Dublin Road between a point 810 yards north-west of the boundary of the Urban District of Athlone and a point 30 yards north-west of its junction with Derries Road. | ||
2. The following roads at Clonmellon: — | ||
(a) The Delvin-Ceanannus Mór road between a point 200 yards south-west of its junction with the Cross Keys Road and a point 60 yards north-east of its junction with the Kilrush Road. | ||
(b) The Cross Keys Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Delvin-Ceanannus Mór road. | ||
(c) The Kilskyre Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Cross Keys Road. | ||
(d) The Kilrush Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Delvin-Ceanannus Mór road. | ||
3. The following roads at Kinnegad: — | ||
(a) The Mullingar-Dublin road between a point 200 yards north-west of its junction with the Athlone Road and the boundary between the counties of Westmeath and Meath at Kinnegad Bridge. | ||
(b) The Trim Road for a distance of 120 yards from its junction with the Mullingar-Dublin road. | ||
(c) The Athlone Road for a distance of 200 yards from its junction with the Mullingar-Dublin road. | ||
4. The following roads at Milltownpass: —- | ||
(a) The Kinnegad-Athlone road between a point 400 yards east of its junction with the Mullingar Road and a point 100 yards south-west of its junction with the Drumman Bog Road. | ||
(b) The Mullingar Road for a distance of 40 yards from its junction with the Kinnegad-Athlone road. | ||
5. The following roads in and adjacent to the town of Mullingar:— | ||
(a) The Castlepollard Road for a distance of 250 yards from its junction with the Longford Road. | ||
(b) The Longford Road between a point 600 yards north of the boundary of the town of Mullingar and a point 140 yards north-west of its junction with the Green Road. | ||
6. The following roads at Rathowen: — | ||
(a) Church Lane. | ||
(b) The Dublin-Longford road between a point 55 yards south-east of its junction with the Loughinstown Road and a point 450 yards south-east of the said junction. | ||
7. The following roads at Rochfortbridge:— | ||
(a) Bord na Mona Housing Scheme Road. | ||
(b) The Kinnegad Road between a point 25 yards north-east of its junction with the Mullingar Road and a point 650 yards north-east of the said junction. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government | ||
this 29th day of December, 1967. | ||
CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN, | ||
Aire Rialtais Áitiúil. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Regulations, 1963 and 1965, in their application to the County of West-meath 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 for all mechanically propelled vehicles. | ||
Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and Gárda Síochána vehicles while being used in the course of duty are excepted from all speed limits by the Regulations. |