Claims that speed survey was 'skewed'

A traffic survey carried out in October on the Sunnyhill Road may have come up with totally skewed speeding figures, according to local residents, writes Brian Byrne.

The survey was held over the period of a week and officially found that only 9 percent of the 8,891 traffic movements were over the 60km/h speed limit set on the recording system. And Kildare County Council informed councillors that 95 percent of the vehicles were below 62.3 km/h.

However, local residents are adamant that the actual location of the survey, at 30 yards on the motorway side of the Cnoc na Greine estate entrance, was in a 50km/h zone. This would mean that six out of ten vehicles were over the speed limit

Cllr Ivan Keatley has asked that the survey be redone. The road has seen an increase of use by heavy goods vehicles in recent years. It is also used by a significant number of walkers and cyclists, and has no footpath.


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