Traffic calming improved

Changes to the speed bump ramps on the road outside Scoil Bhride have been welcomed in Kilcullen.



The ramps were first installed three years ago, but were only on the roads, and didn't continue across parking bays into the footpath.

The result was that many motorists 'bypassed' the ramps by zig-zagging in through the parking bays at speeds which would not have been possible over the ramps (inset in picture above).

When a Senior Engineer from Kildare County Council was recently inspecting the nearby access to the planned new playground, his attention was drawn to the too-short traffic calming devices. A Council crew subsequently came along and extended the ramps.

Brian Byrne.