“Awful road where you could meet your Waterloo” - warns exasperated Laois councillor
Motorists could be killed on any point on the Durrow to Rathdowney road insists a Laois public representative who has dismissed it as ‘awful’.
Cllr Ollie Clooney, Independent, called for action on the route after he tabled a motion at a meeting in County Hall Portlaoise.
He called for the Council to put measures in place to slow traffic at the L5593 junction on the Rathdowney to Durrow road.
He said there was nearly a crash recently at the junction. He used the location to put a spotlight on the route.
“It’s an awful road…you could meet your Waterloo at any point on that road. It is very very dangerous. I would like to see something done, ” he said.
The Durrow-based representative said he had raised the issue on numerous occasions with Rathdowney-based representative Cllr John King.
Cllr King, Fine Gael, backed his Cllr Clooney. He said the junction that gave rise to the motion as “absolutely dreadful”.
Paul McLoughlin, Senior Engineer, Roads replied in writing.
“A member of staff from the road design section will meet Cllr Clooney onsite to establish what measures may assist at this location,” he said.
The issue was raised by Cllr Clooney at the May 2023 meeting of the Borris-in-Ossory Mountmellick Municipal District.