Long-awaited Mayo crossing upgrade further delayed

THE Foxford community's wait for improved safety at the town centre pedestrian crossing is getting even longer.

Section 38 design proposals were supposed to be published at the end of February.

But in a further setback, Councillor Neil Cruise has revealed that two other reports have now gone up to TII 'for them to chew on' before any plan can be published.

Councillor Cruise has been voicing his frustration - and that of the local community - at the delays in trying to get the crossing upgraded.

Speaking at the monthly municipal district meeting, he said he has received a call from the new head of roads in recent days who informed him that two more reports have gone up to TII. “And we have to wait for them to chew on them before any plan can be published.”

There has been an inordinate delay in putting the crossing right, he said.

Councillor Cruise said there is also an issue in Foxford with traffic wrongly turning up the one-way main street from the N26 every day.

He requested an electronic sign to alert people coming from Ballina that there is no right turn on to Main Street, and also for similar signage to highlight the pedestrian crossing.

Describing the pedestrian crossing as an awful blot on TII and the council's copybook, Councillor Cruise said he was disillusioned with it at this stage.

There has been near misses at the location and someone will get badly injured or killed, he warned.

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