Relief in sight for notoriously dangerous Mayo N60 route

Work will finally start later this year on a range of safety measures on one of the most notoriously dangerous stretches of road in the county.

Mayo County Council has been given the go-ahead to progress to the tendering stage in respect of the N60 Breaffy Active Travel and Safety Measures Scheme.

A contractor is expected to be appointed before the end of September to the roadway which claimed the lives of four people in recent years due to traffic accidents.

Councillor Cyril Burke has welcomed the issuing by the Department of Transport of the 'Notice to Treat' in respect of lands subject to CPO along 4.2 kilometres of the road from the Castlebar IDA Business and Technology Park, where Meissner is located, to a point beyond the former Breaffy Post Office.

"This is very good news and I look forward to works getting underway as soon as possible," he added.

The project involves the construction of segregated footpaths and one-way cycle facilities on both sides of the N60 and R373 within the 60km/h zone along the route as well as a shared pedestrian/cycle facilities corridor on one side of the N60 within the 80 km/h zone.

The scheme will also see the provision of a periodic 60km/h zone during school drop-off and pick-up times at St. John's NS and the elimination of hard shoulder parking at Breaffy village with the provision of a new pedestrian crossing and two bus bays in the village.