Public Meeting Planned to get Meath County Council to Implement Safety Measures on Rural Roads - Cllr Dave Boyne
Following on from the latest near miss road incident on Co. Meath’s rural roads, a local Politician says he has “had enough” and is organising a protest to get “Meath County Council to finally put badly needed safety measures in place”.
Trim Aontú Cllr Dave Boyne says the “notorious stretch from Brannockstown Cross and Ardenew Cross” was the scene of yet another incident this week and it was only through the fast thinking of the bus driver that serious injury or death was averted”.
Cllr Boyne says, “As a part and elected Councillor, I simply cannot understand how Meath County Council has not moved to ensure the safety of road users along this dangerous part. What is it waiting for? So many accidents have happened along here over the decades, as the road is significantly higher than the land either side. Despite this, no barriers or hard shoulders have ever been put in place. Similarly on the Hill-Of-Down railway bridge, there is a massive drop exposed on one side, without any protection”.
“I am organising a protest at Trim Council Office on Saturday the 13 th September and I am urging people to turn out en masse. Meath County Council has a duty of care to the people of the county who are literally dicing with death on some of its rural roads. Enough is enough. It has to act”.
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