S.I. No. 16/1968 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Louth) Regulations, 1968.
S.I. No. 16 of 1968. | ||
ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF LOUTH) 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 authorities concerned and as respects article 5 on the application of the said Commissioner hereby makes the following Regulations:— | ||
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1 Citation | 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Louth) Regulations, 1968. | |
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2 Commencement | 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1968. | |
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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; | ||
"perimeter road" means a road on and along the roadway of which there runs the boundary or other borough, an urban district or a town. | ||
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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. | ||
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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. | |
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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. | ||
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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 Louth are hereby revoked. | |
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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 town of Ardee:— | ||
(a) The Tallanstown Road, The Stabannon Road, The Bog Road, The Richardstown Road, The Millockstown Road. | ||
(b) The Carrickmacross Road between the town boundary and a point 100 yards south of its junction with the Tallanstown Road. | ||
(c) The Dundalk Road between the town boundary and a point 390 yards north of its junction with the Carrickmacross Road. | ||
(d) The Old Carrickmacross Road between the town boundary and a point 100 yards north-west of its junction with the Carrickmacross Road. | ||
(e) The Old Workhouse or Shanlis Road between the town boundary and a point 95 yards west of its junction with the Back Road. | ||
(f) The Back Road between the town boundary and a point 60 yards north-east of the point where the said boundary intersects the southern side of the road. | ||
(g) The Dunleer Road between the town boundary and a point 180 yards west of its junction with the Richardstown Road. | ||
(h) The Drogheda Road between the town boundary and a point 170 yards south of its junction with the Dunleer Road. | ||
2. The following roads in the Borough of Drogheda:— | ||
(a) Moneymore Lane. | ||
(b) The Dublin Road between the Borough boundary and a point 25 yards north-west of its junction with the inner Station Road. | ||
(c) The Beymore Road for a distance of 100 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
(d) Blackbush Lane between its junction with the Beymore Road and a point 220 yards from its junction with Cromwell's Lane. | ||
(e) Platin Road for a distance of 50 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
(f) The Rathmullan Road for a distance of 825 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
(g) The Mell Road for a distance of 95 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
(h) The North Road for a distance of 250 yards from the Borough bouudary. | ||
(i ) Twenties Lane between the Borough boundary and a point 35 yards north of its junction with Cross Lane. | ||
(j) The Flax Mill Lane between the Borough boundary and a point 100 yards east of its junction with the Ballymakenny Road. | ||
(k) The Newtown Road for a distance of 150 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
(l) The Baltray Road for a distance of 875 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
(m) The Marsh Road for a distance of 600 yards from the Borough boundary. | ||
3. The following roads in the Urban District of Dundalk:— | ||
(a) Red Barns Road, The Blackrock Road, Hoey's Lane, The Mullagharlin Road, The Louth Road, The Donaghmore Road, The Mill Road, The Toberona Road, Racecourse Road, The Shore Road. | ||
(b) The Point Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 100 yards west of its junction with the Red Barns Road. | ||
(c) Long Avenue between its junction with the Red Barns Road and a point 450 yards east of its junction with the Dublin Road. | ||
(d) The Dublin Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 380 yards south-east of its junction with Hughes Park. | ||
(e) The Ardee Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 100 yards south-west of the south-western end of Ardee Terrace. | ||
(f) The Carrickmacross Road for a distance of 820 yards from the Urban District boundary. | ||
(g) The Castleblayney Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 100 yards north-west of its junction with the Bellews Bridge Road. | ||
(h) The Bellews Bridge Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 135 yards south-east of its junction with the Toberona Road. | ||
(i ) The Armagh Road for a distance of 680 yards from the point where the Urban District boundary intersects the north-eastern side of the road. | ||
(j) The Doylesfort Road where the said road is a perimeter road. | ||
(k) The Newry Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 305 yards north-east of its junction with the Armagh Road. | ||
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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 Blackrock:— | ||
(a) The Crescent. | ||
(b) The Dundalk-Green Gates road between a point 60 yards north of its junction with the Crescent and a point 600 yards south-west of its junction with Sandy Lane. | ||
(c) The Back Road for a distance of 70 yards from its junction with the Dundalk-Green Gates road. | ||
(d) Sandy Lane for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Dundalk-Green Gates road. | ||
2. The following roads at Carlingford:— | ||
All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Dundalk Road 20 yards north-west of its junction with the Grove Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:— | ||
(a) a point on the Rooskey Road 75 yards south of its junction with the Dundalk Road, | ||
(b) the westernmost point of St. Michael's Terrace, | ||
(c) a point on Mountain Park Road 60 yards south-west of its junction with Back Lane, | ||
(d) a point on the Omeath Road 200 yards north-west of the entrance to King John's Castle, | ||
(e) a point on the Greenore Road 50 yards south-east of its | ||
junction with Churchyard Road, | ||
and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Dundalk Road. | ||
3. The following roads at Castlebellingham:— | ||
(a) The Dublin-Belfast road between a point 420 yards south of the Celtic Memorial Cross and a point 240 yards north of the said Cross. | ||
(b) The Dromiskin Road between its junction with the Dublin- Belfast road and a point opposite the Celtic Memorial Cross. | ||
(c) The Annagassan Road for a distance of 120 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Belfast road. | ||
4. The following road adjacent to the Borough of Drogheda:— | ||
Toberboice Lane. | ||
5. The following road adjacent to the Urban District of Dundalk:— | ||
The part of Mount Avenue which lies outside the Urban District boundary where the said road is a perimeter road. | ||
6. The following roads at Dunleer:— | ||
(a) Maryville Cottages Road, The Ardee Road, Cottages Road. | ||
(b) The Dublin-Belfast road between a point 525 yards south of its junction with the Ardee Road and a point 350 yards north of the said junction. | ||
(c) The Clogherhead Road between its junction with the Dublin-Belfast road and a point 50 yards west of its junction with the Trean Road. | ||
(d) The Mountainstown Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Belfast road. | ||
(e) The Ardee Road between its junction with the Dublin-Belfast road and a point 50 yards east of its junction with the Rathescar Road. | ||
7. The following roads at Omeath:— | ||
(a) The Newry-Carlingford road between a point 450 yards north-west of Omeath Cross Roads and a point 200 yards south-east of the said Cross Roads. | ||
(b) The Pier Road and its branch to the south-east. | ||
(c) The Windy Gap Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Newry-Carlingford road. | ||
8. The following roads at Termonfeckin:— | ||
(a) Seapoint Road. | ||
(b) The Drogheda-Clogherhead road between a point 200 yards south-west of its junction with the Sheetland Road and a point 20 yards south of its junction with the Reynoldstown Road. | ||
(c) The Baltray Road for a distance of 70 yards from its junction with the Drogheda Road. | ||
(d) The Sheetland Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Drogheda Road. | ||
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THIRD SCHEDULE. | ||
ROADS IN RESPECT OF WHICH A SPECIAL SPEED LIMIT OF 40 M.P.H. IS PRESCRIBED. | ||
1. The following road in the town of Ardee:— | ||
The Drogheda Road between the town boundary and a point 170 yards south of its junction with the Dunleer Road. | ||
2. The following road at Blackrock:— | ||
The Dundalk Road between a point 60 yards north of its junction with the Crescent and a point 1,000 yards south-east of the boundary of the Urban District of Dundalk. | ||
3. The following roads at Collon:— | ||
(a) The Ardee-Slane road between a point 450 yards north of its junction with the Drogheda Road and a point 200 yards south of the said junction. | ||
(b) The Drogheda Road for a distance of 450 yards from its junction with the Slane Road. | ||
4. The following roads in and adjacent to the Borough of Drogheda:— | ||
( a ) The Dublin Road between the boundary of the Borough of Drogheda and a point 25 yards north-west of its junction with the inner Station Road. | ||
( b ) The North Road between a point 250 yards south-east of the boundary of the Borough of Drogheda and a point 100 yards north-west of the said boundary. | ||
( c ) The New Cement Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the North Road. | ||
5. The following roads in the Urban District of Dundalk:— | ||
( a ) Hoey's Lane. | ||
( b ) Long Avenue between a point 450 yards east of its junction with the Dublin Road and a point 100 yards west of its junction with the Red Barns Road. | ||
( c ) The Dublin Road between a point 380 yards south-east of its junction with Hughes Park and a point 660 yards north-west of the point where the Urban District boundary intersects the eastern side of the road. | ||
( d ) The Castleblayney Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 100 yards north-west of its junction with the Bellews Bridge Road. | ||
( e ) The Mill Road for a distance of 40 yards from its junction with the Castleblayney Road. | ||
( f ) The Newry Road between a point 305 yards north-east of its junction with the Armagh Road and the point where the Urban District boundary intersects the western side of the road. | ||
6. The following road at Dunleer:— | ||
The Dublin-Belfast road between a point 350 yards north of its junction with the Ardee Road and a point 140 yards south of its junction with the Drumcar Road. | ||
7. The following roads at Kilsaran:— | ||
( a ) Kilsaran Cottages Road. | ||
( b ) The Dublin-Belfast road between a point 50 yards south of its junction with the Annagassan Road and a point 150 yards north of its junction with Kilsaran Cottages Road. | ||
( c ) The Annagassan Road for a distance of 30 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Belfast road. | ||
8. The following road at Omeath:— | ||
The Carlingford Road between a point 200 yards south-east of Omeath Cross Roads and a point 800 yards south-east of the said Cross Roads. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 16th | ||
day of January One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Eight. | ||
CAOIMGHÍN 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 Louth 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. |