S.I. No. 132/1968 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Offaly) Regulations, 1968.


S.I. No. 132 of 1968.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF OFFALY) REGULATIONS, 1968.

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 Offaly) Regulations, 1968.

2 Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 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 Offaly 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 Birr:—

( a ) The Croghan Road, The New Line, The Rath Road, The Whiteford Road, The Seefin Road, Military Road, Rock Lane, The Riverstown Road, Orchard Lane.

( b ) The Banagher Road for a distance of 850 yards from the point where the Urban District boundary intersects the eastern side of the road.

( c ) The Athlone Road for a distance of 810 yards from the point where the Urban District boundary intersects the western side of the road.

( d ) Burke's Hill Road for a distance of 1,150 yards from its junction with the New Line.

( e ) The Kinnitty or Syngefield Road between the Urban District boundary at Springfield Bridge and a point 855 yards north-west of its junction with the Whiteford Road.

( f ) Railway Road and its continuation as the Roscrea Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 720 yards north of its junction with Military Road.

( g ) Moorpark Road between its junction with the Roscrea Road and a point 5 yards north of its junction with Orchard Lane.

( h ) The Gallows Hill Road for a distance of 520 yards from its junction with the Riverstown Road.

2. The following roads in the town of Edenderry: —

( a ) The Carrick Road between the town boundary and a point 70 yards north-west of its junction with J.K.L. Street.

( b ) Clonmullen Lane between its junction with the Carrick Road and a point 25 yards north of its junction with Colonel Perry Street.

( c ) The Dublin Road for a distance of 1,000 yards from the town boundary.

( d ) The Cush Road for a distance of 1,370 yards from the town boundary.

( e ) The Tullamore Road for a distance of 100 yards from the town boundary.

3. The following roads in the Urban District of Tullamore:—

( a ) Collins Lane, The Tinnycross Road, Cloncullog Lane, Dillon Street.

( b ) The Rahan Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 120 yards west of its junction with the Clara Road.

( c ) The Clara Road for a distance of 1,270 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( d ) The Kilbeggan Road for a distance of 795 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( e ) The Puttaghan or Ballydaly Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 220 yards north-east of its junction with Davitt Street.

( f ) The Daingean Road for a distance of 620 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( g ) The Portarlington Road for a distance of 750 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( h ) The Killeigh or Mountmellick Road for a distance of 860 yards from the Urban District boundary.

(i) Spollanstown Road between the Urban District boundary and

(i) its junction with the Charleville Road,

(ii) a point 50 yards south-west of its junction with O'Moore Street.

( j ) Cormac Street and its continuation as the Charleville Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 10 yards south-west of the junction of Cormac Street with Back 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 at Banagher:—

( a ) Curraghvarna Road, Church Street.

( b ) The Birr-Eyrecourt road between a point 30 yards northwest of its junction with the Back Road and the eastern end of Banagher Bridge.

( c ) Cuba Avenue between its junction with the Birr-Eyrecourt road and a point 10 yards east of its junction with Curraghvarna Road.

( d ) Harbour Street and its continuation as the Cloghan Road between the junction of Harbour Street with the Birr-Eyrecourt road and a point 10 yards north-east of the junction of the Cloghan Road with Curraghvarna Road.

( e ) The Crank Road for a distance of 110 yards from its junction with the Birr-Eyrecourt road.

( f ) Queen Street and its continuation as the Lusmagh Road for a distance of 650 yards from the junction of Queen Street with the Birr-Eyrecourt road.

2. The following roads at Clara:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Athlone Road 260 yards north-west of its junction with Oratory Row and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

( a) a point on Church Road 75 yards north of its junction with the road connecting the northern end of the Fair Green with the Tullamore-Athlone road,

( b) a point on the Kilbride Road 250 yards north-east of its junction with the Square,

( c) a point on the Kilbeggan Road 530 yards east of its junction with the Tullamore Road,

( d ) a point on the Tullamore Road 120 yards south-east of its junction with Frederick Street,

( e ) a point on New Road 100 yards south-west of its junction with Frederick Street,

( f ) a point on the Ballycumber Road 1,200 yards south-west of its junction with New Road,

( g ) a point on the road connecting Oratory Row with the Athlone Road at Bogtown 25 yards north-west of its junction with Oratory Row,

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Athlone Road.

3. The following roads at Cloghan:—

( a ) The Ferbane-Birr road between a point 240 yards north-east of its junction with the Tullamore-Shannonbridge road and a point 400 yards south-west of the said junction.

( b ) The Tullamore-Shannonbridge road between a point 250 yards east of its junction with the Ferbane-Birr road and a point 300 yards north-west of the said junction.

( c ) The Banagher Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Ferbane-Birr road.

4. The following roads at Daingean:—

( a ) The Tullamore-Edenderry road between the centre-point of Footbarrack Bridge and a point 110 yards west of its junction with Back Road.

( b ) The Ballycommon Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Edenderry road.

( c ) Chapel Lane for a distance of 200 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Edenderry road.

( d ) The Rhode Road for a distance of 60 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Edenderry road.

5. The following roads at Ferbane:—

( a ) Delvin Park, Cannocks Terrace, Bord na Móna Housing Estate Road.

( b ) The Cloghan-Athlone road between a point 700 yards south of its junction with the Clara Road and a point 730 yards north of the said junction.

( c ) The Clara Road for a distance of 340 yards from its junction with the Cloghan-Athlone road.

( d ) The Belmont Road for a distance of 600 yards from its junction with the Cloghan-Athlone road.

6. The following roads at Geashill:—

( a ) The Portarlington-Tullamore road between a point 400 yards east of its junction with the Mountmellick Road and a point 110 yards north-west of the said junction.

( b ) The road on the south side of the Green.

( c ) The Mountmellick Road for a distance of 210 yards from its junction with the Portarlington-Tullamore road.

( d ) The Ballinagar Road for a distance of 250 yards from its junction with the Portarlington-Tullamore road.

7. The following roads at Kilcormac:—

( a ) Church Lane East, Fair Green Street, The Square.

( b ) The Tullamore-Birr road between a point 10 yards south-west of the centre-point of Kilcormac Bridge and a point 100 yards south-west of its junction with the Firealley Road.

( c ) The Ballyboy Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Square.

( d ) The Kinnitty Road and its continuation as the Money Road between the junction of the Kinnitty Road with the Square and a point 50 yards south-west of the junction of the Money Road with the Derrinboy Road.

( e ) The road connecting Fair Green Street with the Tullamore-Birr road.

( f ) Mountrath Street and its continuation as the Derrinboy Road between the junction of Mountrath Street with the Tullamore-Birr road and a point 160 yards south-east of the junction of the Derrinboy Road with the Money Road.

( g ) The Firealley Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Birr road.

( h ) The Ferbane Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Birr road.

( i) Kilnagall Lane for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Birr road.

8. The following roads at Killeigh:—

( a ) Church Lane.

( b ) The Tullamore-Mountmellick road between a point 40 yards west of its junction with Church Lane and a point 25 yards south-east of its junction with the Clonygowan Road.

( c ) The Clonygowan Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Mountmellick road.

( d ) The Mountbolus Road between its junction with the Tullamore-Mountmellick road and a point 50 yards south-west of its junction with Church Lane.

( e ) The Ballinagar Road for a distance of 180 yards from its junction with the Tullamore-Mountmellick road.

9. The following roads at Portarlington:—

( a ) Patrick Street and its continuation to the boundary between the counties of Offaly and Laoighis at the Barrow Bridge.

( b ) The Clonygowan Road for a distance of 410 yards from its junction with the Mountmellick Road.

( c ) The Mountmellick Road for a distance of 30 yards from its junction with the Clonygowan Road.

( d ) The Kilmalogue Road for a distance of 60 yards from its junction with the Clonygowan Road.

( e ) Botley Lane for a distance of 10 yards from its junction with Patrick Street.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1. The following roads in the Urban District of Birr:—

( a ) Orchard Lane.

( b ) The Kinnitty or Syngefield Road between a point 855 yards north-west of its junction with the Whiteford Road and a point 100 yards north-west of the said junction.

( c ) Railway Road and its continuation as the Roscrea Road between a point 720 yards north of its junction with Military Road and a point 20 yards north of the said junction.

( d ) Moorpark Road between its junction with the Roscrea Road and a point 5 yards north of its junction with Orchard Lane.

( e ) The Riverstown Road between its junction with the Roscrea Road and a point 245 yards north-east of its junction with Rock Lane.

2. The following roads at Clonygowan:—

( a ) The Fair Green.

( b ) The Portarlington-Tullamore road between a point 360 yards north-west of its junction with the Mountmellick Road and a point 20 yards south-east of its junction with the Bogtown Road.

3. The following road in the town of Edenderry:—

The Cush Road between a point 1,370 yards north-west of the town boundary and a point 900 yards north-west of the said boundary.

4. The following roads at Moneygall:—

( a ) St. Joseph's Terrace.

( b ) The Dublin-Limerick road between a point 50 yards north-east of its junction with St. Joseph's Terrace and a point 50 yards west of its junction with the Cloughjordan Road.

( c ) The Castletown Road between its junction with the Dublin-Limerick road and a point 50 yards east of its junction with St. Joseph's Terrace.

( d ) The Army Hill Road for a distance of 25 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Limerick road.

( e ) The Cloughjordan Road for a distance of 200 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Limerick road.

5. The following roads at Shannonbridge:—

( a ) St. Ciaran's Park.

( b ) The Ballinasloe-Cloghan road between the eastern end of the bridge over the river Shannon and a point 350 yards south-east of its junction with the Clonmacnoise Road.

6. The following roads in and adjacent to the Urban District of Tullamore:—

( a ) Dillon Street.

( b ) The Clara Road between a point 1,270 yards south-east of the boundary of the Urban District of Tullamore and a point 475 yards south-east of the said boundary.

( c ) The Kilbeggan Road between a point 795 yards south-east of the boundary of the Urban District of Tullamore and a point 20 yards south-east of its junction with Collins Lane.

( d ) Cormac Street and its continuation as the Charleville Road between a point 10 yards south-west of the junction of Cormac Street with Back Road and a point 20 yards north-east of the junction of the Charleville Road with Spade Avenue or Adams Villas.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government

this 10th day of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Eight.

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 Offaly 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 Garda Síochána vehicles while being used in the course of duty are excepted from all speed limits by the Regulations.