HAVE YOUR SAY: Proposed traffic management plan for this Tipperary town goes on display
Tipperary County Council has put its proposed Traffic Management Plan for Nenagh out for public consultation.
The planned changes to the town will affect Pearse Street, Mitchel Street, Emmet Place, Kickham Street and Silver Street.
The public consultation process last until Wednesday, April 26.
The proposed works will consist of the following:
- The removal of traffic signals, a mini-roundabout and pedestrian guardrail
- the provision of traffic islands, raised pedestrian crossings, landscaping and planting
- The modification of a bus stop on Kickham Street and the relocation of a bus stop from Kickham Street to Pearse Street
- The modification of existing pedestrian crossings and installation of new pedestrian crossings, traffic signs and road markings
- Junction tightening works, the raising and lowering of manholes and gullies as required and all associated site works.
- Pearse Street, Mitchel Street, Emmet Place and Kickham Street will become one-way streets and the direction of one-way traffic flow on Silver Street will be reversed.
Drawings and particulars of the proposals are available for inspection on Tipperary County Council’s website, at Nenagh Municipal District Office, Civic Offices, Limerick Road, Nenagh.
The documents may be inspected during normal office hours, Monday to Friday to close of business on Wednesday April 26.
Submissions regarding the proposal clearly marked Section 38, Proposed Traffic Calming Measures on Pearse Street, Mitchel Street, Emmet Place, Kickham Street and Silver Street, Nenagh, can be made by e-mail to [email protected]; by post to Marcus O’Connor, Director of Services for Roads & Transportation, Tipperary County Council, Civic Offices, Limerick Road, Nenagh, county Tipperary.
The council has already implemented some changes to the layout at the Sarsfield Street and Emmet Place junction and is still in discussions with the National Transport Authority regarding the moving of the bus stops from their current location at Kickham Street to the railway station.