It’s claimed pedestrians and cyclists will continue to risk serious injury navigating the Clareabbey Roundabout without urgent action.
It comes as a temporary traffic management system will be trialled, in a bid to address legacy road safety issues.
Preliminary designs, aimed at improving both pedestrian and cyclist safety, have been completed and accepted by Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
Following concerns around the impact on traffic capacity and congestion through the reduction of the number of lanes accessing the roundbaout, traffic surveys and microsimulation modelling were carried out by TII.
Clare County Council is proposing the implementation of a temporary traffic management arrangement which would replicate the proposed scheme, allowing for effects on traffic flow and congestion and to be monitored.
Ennis Fianna Fáil Councillor, Antoinette Baker Bashua, claims people in Clarecastle have been cut off from safely accessing Ennis on foot due to safety concerns.
She says progress on the project has gone backwards in recent years.
It’s claimed Ennis Councillors are waiting with bated breath for a solution to be delivered.
Late evening has been identified as a particularly dangerous time, with traffic reportedly approaching the roundabout from the dual carraigeway at excessive speed.
Clarecastle Fine Gael Councillor, Paul Murphy, says councillors have been seeking solutions for two decades.
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