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Almost half of drivers (46%) believe that the speed limits on Irish roads are ‘all over the place’ and need to be overhauled as a review of speed limits has been announced by Government.

Community advocates for safer streets are pleased that a majority of Galway city councillors voted to include 30 km per hour speed limits outside city schools as part of the city’s speed limit review at Monday’s council meeting, and that the Executive promised a full review of speed limits of all city and suburban roads by 2024.

It is “unacceptable” that motorists are being fined for speeding on the Oranmore coast road, when the speed limit was changed from 80km to 50km, “without proper notice to motorists”.

There was a fracturing of opinions amongst councillors on the next steps to take in relation to the reduction of speed limits in Breaffy, at the January meeting of the Castlebar Municipal District.

The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District are waiting to hear the observations from locals and community groups in Breaffy on a report putting forward a number of options, before they decide on what steps to take next in their pursuit of the lowering of the speed limit in the village.

Councillors have expressed fears that the proposals for speed limits and increases they rejected this week will come back to them unchanged, leaving Galway with little ability to create speed limits suitable for different areas of the city.

Only four housing estates in Galway county will be put forward for an introduction of a 30km/h speed limit in 2020.

Investment and not just policing is needed in communities

The elected members of the West Mayo Municipal District have taken the first steps to changing the speed limit in two different locations along the N59 from Westport to Mulranny.

The Galway County Council has adopted new special speed limits for specific housing estates throughout the county at Monday’s monthly meeting at County Hall.