Limerick residents call for road improvements and speed limit cuts
SOUTHSIDE residents have called for improvements to the road surfacing and a cut to the speed limit in their estate.
Rathbane Residents Association members, who meet once a month at Old Christians GAA Club, want to see the speed limit in the estate reduced to 25 kilometres per hour.
On top of this, they have called for the installation of speed ramps and the relaying of the roads.
One of the members, Conor Holmes, said the roads have been left in a “dire” state, having not been fixed since work concluded on the new Hawthorn Drive development.
“Heavy machinery has damaged the roadway. I want to see council fix what they broke. It was supposed to be done at the end of the build,” he said.
A spokesperson for Limerick City and County Council said a road reconstruction scheme is planned at O’Donoghue Avenue later this year.
Sycamore Avenue was improved back in 2022 they added.
“Future road reconstruction schemes in the area will be based on its pavement surface condition index and on future funding availability,” a local authority spokesperson added.
Chairman John Halvey said residents have “no objections” to speed ramps, with members of the committee not opposing the idea of having them installed on the road outside their front door.
“We’ve had several incidents with cars flying around the corner. Cars have hit the kerb on the end house,” he added.
It is on this basis, they want a reduction in the speed limit to 25 kilometres per hour (kph).
However, the council spokesperson said the speed limit across Rathbane remains at 30kph, in line with Jake’s Law, named in memory of the six-year-old killed in a Kilkenny estate a decade ago.
Surveys were completed in parts of the estate, and “no significant speeding” was identified, council added.