Calls have been made for a major review of road safety from the Collon junction with the old R132 on the outskirts of Dunleer right down to the garda station in the town.
The road continues to be busy with traffic - especially heavy goods vehicles - and there is a fear that a tragedy could be on the horizon as a result.
With both the Woodlands and School Lane exits on the stretch of road, and badly impacted by partial vision of approaching vehicles, it s felt that rumble strips or speed ramps are now needed.
Local resident Tommy McCabe says he comes across close shaves all the time and something will happen. We can t be lucky all the time, he said.
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Relatives of people buried in the old Dromin graveyard have expressed fears that remains may become exposed after a wall surrounding graves collapsed into a neighbouring field.
And now a debate has begun about who owns the graveyard and how the problem will be resolved.
Addressing the area council meeting on the issue, Director of Services Joe McGuinness said there were 20 burial grounds in charge of the council and Dromin was not one of them. We are not walking away from this, even from a public safety point of view, but we have reviewed this with our own legal agents, he stated. It is not local authority vested, it s not ours.
CCTV cameras are needed at bottle banks in Ardee to target those dumping beside them.
Cllr Dolores Minogue has taken up the cause of the Ardee Litter Watch group and David Lambe, stating that it was hard on volunteers to be constantly under pressure with high levels of dumping.
She told the area council meeting that it took up to five people an hour to remove the huge number of bottles dumped at the bank. It s unfair on the two houses beside it as well, she stated. We need cameras there to catch those dumping. There are warning signs, but they still do it.
A local councillor had branded Ardee s pedestrian crossings out of date and he s concerned that someone will be killed using them before firm action is taken.
Cllr Jim Tenanty says that the crossings are a nightmare after dark and new LED lights have only added to the problem. There have been a lot of close calls, he stated.
He said a crossing at the council offices had been out of order for months.
A funding application had been made in August and the council are still waiting for a response.
Cllr Dolores Minogue said that crossings were not as safe as they appeared to be and she backed Cllr Tenanty s concerns.
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