{"id":452907,"date":"2026-05-17T03:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/452907\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:31:16","slug":"kilmacrennan-traffic-fears-raised-again-after-speed-camera-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/452907\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilmacrennan traffic fears raised again after speed camera setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns are mounting over traffic safety in Kilmacrennan after councillors were told there is no budget for average speed cameras in the village.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr McBride previously called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/call-for-kilmacrennan-to-be-put-to-front-of-queue-for-speed-cameras-620667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kilmacrennan to be prioritised for average speed cameras,<\/a> warning in January that it was \u201conly a matter of time\u201d before a fatality occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmacrennan, which lies on the main N56 route, has two junctions that have been the scene of numerous accidents over the years.<\/p>\n<p>At May&#8217;s meeting of the Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District, Cllr McBride raised the village issues again, commenting: &#8220;It\u2019s a miracle that nobody has been killed in a car accident on that street.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cllr McBride told the meeting that a letter had been sent to Garda Headquarters seeking progress on the speed camera request.<\/p>\n<p>He said the response indicated that there is no budget at present, that garda\u00ed select locations for average speed cameras, and that no new locations are currently being considered.<\/p>\n<p>An average speed camera tracks how long it takes to travel between two set points on a road and uses this information to calculate a vehicle&#8217;s average speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis problem has gone on for a long time,\u201d Cllr McBride said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lead-stories\/two-men-killed-and-four-people-injured-in-horror-donegal-crash-634188\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Two men killed and four people injured in horror Donegal crash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778973196_452_two-men-killed-and-four-people-injured-in-horror-donegal-crash.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Two men killed and four people injured in horror Donegal crash\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lifestyle\/drumkeen-tractor-and-honda-run-raises-amazing-e16300-634154\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Drumkeen tractor and Honda run raises amazing \u20ac16,300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drumkeen-tractor-and-honda-run-raises-amazing-euro-16-300.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Drumkeen tractor and Honda run raises amazing \u20ac16,300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have got to the stage now where we are going to have to take direct action to get some remediation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cllr McBride said locals have suggested measures such as speed traffic lights and ramps, but that a workshop is now needed to get councillors, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), council engineers and local residents around the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe volume of traffic is huge and the speed is constantly being highlighted to me,\u201d Cllr McBride said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCameras catch people after they commit an offence. I want to stop people before they come speeding into the village.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior Roads Engineer David McIlwaine said the issue will be reported to TII by the council through the National Roads Design Office.<\/p>\n<p>He said Kilmacrennan is a difficult location because of the gradient of the hill, the junction, vision lines and nearby properties.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor of Letterkenny-Milford Ciaran Brogan said he had discussed the issue in Dublin with TII, but added: \u201cWe don\u2019t seem to be getting anywhere with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been far too many near misses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Declan Meehan said TII appeared to rely heavily on reported accident data.<\/p>\n<p>He said the junction is so bad that near misses are no longer being reported because people are used to them and &#8220;fatigued&#8221; by the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Concerns are mounting over traffic safety in Kilmacrennan after councillors were told there is no budget for average&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-452907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}