Cllr Tomás Sharkey
Sinn Féin councillor Tomás Sharkey has called for a full safety audit to be carried out on the new junctions that were created on the N53 Dundalk to Castleblayney Road last year.
He claims that some of the junctions are unsafe and require upgrading to avoid a possible serious accident.
The sitting county councillor and local election candidate said: “Last year a lot of money was spent on this new road. Before it was even finished the local community knew that the junctions at Milltown and Philipstown would be unsafe and I agree with them. There are no right turning boxes, filter lanes or continuous white lines at these junctions and accidents occur on an almost weekly basis.
“I believe that the engineers and the NRA who were involved in this project need to admit that more work is needed to make the road safe for users. I have taken the unusual step of tabling a motion mandating the Director of Services to carry out a review of this work because my concerns and the public’s concerns are falling on deaf ears.”
