Gardai in Castlebar have issued over 200 speeding fines on the stretch of road between the McDonalds roundabout and the Westport road roundabout in the town over the last 18 months. Inspector Martin Byrne told the meeting that the Gardai had been making efforts on the stretch over the past number of months. The issue came up after Cllr Eugene McCormack asked could the Gardai take over the monitoring of the CCTV camera at the Mayo Peace Park as part of their monitoring system in the town. The CCTV is currently being monitored by the Peace Park committee. Superintendent Willie Keaveney told the meeting that he would look into it.
The question as to whether the camera in the Peace Park can see the road was raised, because he said that there were numerous complaints from residents of St Patrick’s Avenue and from businesses located along the short stretch of road about the noise from boy racers speeding up and down the stretch of road. The meeting was also told that there had been one report of a car travelling up to 120 miles an hour on the road recently. Inspector Byrne said that the Gardai were constantly monitoring the road and had issued over 200 on the spot fines along the stretch of road and would continue to do so.
