{"id":558108,"date":"2026-07-19T22:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558108\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:36:18","slug":"ramelton-residents-to-hold-meeting-opposing-speed-limit-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558108\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramelton residents to hold meeting opposing speed limit increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents of a Ramelton housing estate will be holding a public meeting tomorrow to state their opposition to a proposed speed limit increase.<\/p>\n

Concerned residents of Elm Park say that a proposed increase of 10km\/h on the adjoining R245 road would cause major road safety concerns – particularly for the pedestrians and school children who walk along the road on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

The speed limit increase would be in effect from the Cup and Saucer, all the way to the Illistrin\/Church Street junction, where the Scoil Mhuire primary school is located.<\/p>\n

Marti McElhinney, speaking on behalf of concerned locals, said this increase is both “dangerous and unnecessary,” and that it would put children going to and from school at a further increased risk.<\/p>\n

“Residents believe it is both dangerous and unnecessary to increase the speed limit on a stretch of road that has long been recognised as a significant road safety concern,” Marti said ahead of Monday’s public meeting.<\/p>\n

“This is the same section of road that previously received funding under the Safe Routes to School programme for a long-awaited footpath, yet that footpath has still not been delivered.”<\/p>\n

Marti says that residents are concerned already with pedestrian safety along the road, due to a lack of a footpath towards Ramelton in parts, or a controlled pedestrian crossing to access Scoil Mhuire.<\/p>\n

“The proposed 60 km\/h speed limit would extend almost to the Illistrin\/Church Street junction, immediately adjacent to Scoil Mhuire. Every school day, children and families cross this road to access the school, despite the absence of a footpath, a controlled pedestrian crossing or effective traffic calming measures,” Marti said.<\/p>\n

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“Residents simply cannot understand why higher vehicle speeds are being proposed in such close proximity to a primary school, particularly when the existing 50 km\/h limit is already widely ignored and enforcement is limited.”<\/p>\n

Organisers of the meeting say that they have received support from local Councillors Declan Meehan and Pauric McGarvey, who are both planning to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n

“The gathering aims to demonstrate the strength of local opposition and to call for long-overdue investment in road safety measures, including the promised footpath, a safe pedestrian crossing and appropriate traffic calming, before any increase in the speed limit is considered,” meeting organisers said.<\/p>\n

The community meeting will take place tomorrow (Monday) evening at 7:00 pm, at the entrance to Elm Court Estate on the R245, Ramelton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of a Ramelton housing estate will be holding a public meeting tomorrow to state their opposition to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-558108","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\/558108","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=558108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}