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CLARE County Council has been urged to erect new signs for Clare- castle and Doora on the N18 Ennis bypass despite claims that the pro- posal would cost “thousands”’.
The calls were made yesterday at a meeting of councillors representing the Ennis electoral area.
ClUlr Tommy Brennan (Ind) said the issue of signage had dragged on for 12 months. “No matter what the policy is will you not just stick down afew signs?” asked Cllr Brennan ad- dressing staff of the roads section of Clare County Council.
Councillors were debating a mo- tion put forward by Cllr Paul Mur- phy (FG), requesting an update on signage for Clarecastle and Doora on the Ennis bypass.
In his written response Declan O’Regan, Senior Executive Engineer
(SEE) with the Ennis electoral area Stated,
“IT contacted Mr Paul Moroney, SEE, Ennis bypass, in relation to this motion and he advised me that the last time that this question arose, the National Roads Authority (NRA) did not approve for various reasons.”
Mr. O’Regan continued ‘He also advised me that he was not aware of any recent correspondence from the NRA in relation to this mater and stated that it would cost thousands to change the signs in question at this Sonal
Cllr Murphy said that the lack of signage was an “oversight from day one. Now they are saying it will cost us thousands to do it. Surely we could put down a few signs.”
Cllr Bernard Hanrahan (FF) said that he had been in contact with the NRA and they hadn’t forseen any problem with erecting signage.
“Surely we could just stick up a sign for Clarecastle where the sign for Quin is.”
Cllr Sonny Scanlon said he was aware of instances where business owners in Doora were forced to send staff out to find customers who had taken the wrong exit from the by- er Ae
“They ended up in Crusheen. That man had to send out his own staff to show them the way back down. It’s a lost area the way it is at the moment,” said Cllr Scanlon.
Cllr Brian Meaney (GP) advised that the council consult with the Road Safety Authority before pro- ceeding.
Cllr Brennan added, “Every month we have some motion up about the bypass and this has been going on for the past 12 months. Can we not just stick a few sings down. It isn’t going to cost a fortune.”