S.I. No. 399/1977:

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF KILKENNY) REGULATIONS, 1977

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF KILKENNY) REGULATIONS, 1977

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 46 of the said Act as amended by section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1977.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 30th day of December, 1977.

3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires "the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ;

"road" means a public road;

"perimeter road" means a road on and along the roadway of which there runs the boundary of a county or other borough, an urban district or a town;

"special speed limit" and "built-up area speed limit" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Part IV of the Act;

"distance" means distance as measured along the centre line of a road.

4. (1) Each of the roads described in the First Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared not to be a public road in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

(2) Each of the roads described in the Second Schedule to these Regulations is hereby declared to be a public road in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Act.

5. Forty miles per hour shall be the speed limit for mechanically propelled vehicles on the roads specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.

6. There shall be excepted from the special speed limit prescribed in article 5 of these Regulations and from the built-up area speed limit the following:--

( a ) ambulance,

( b ) fire brigade vehicles, and

( c ) vehicles used by members of the Garda Síochána in the performance of their duties as such members.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 107 of 1968 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 148 of 1974 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Roads declared not to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

1. The following roads in the town of Callan:--

( a ) Upper Haggardsgreen, Lower Haggardsgreen, The Ballywalter Road.

( b ) The Kilkenny Road for a distance of 228 metres from the town boundary.

( c ) The Minnauns Road for a distance of 489 metres from the town boundary.

( d ) The Coolagh Road between the town boundary and a point 92 metres south-east of its junction with the Clonmel Road.

( e ) The Clonmel Road between the town boundary and a point 83 metres south-west of its junction with the Coolagh Road.

( f ) Chapel Lane between its junction with the Carrabine Bridge Road and a point 41 metres north-west of its junction with Green Street.

( g ) The Carrabine Bridge Road for a distance of 128 metres from the point where the town boundary intersects the northern side of the road.

( h ) The laneway leading from the Carrabine Bridge Road to the King's River.

( i ) Flaggy Lane between its junction with Upper Haggardsgreen and a point 28 metres west of its junction with Lower Bridge Street.

2. The following roads in the Borough of Kilkenny:--

( a ) The Old Glendine Road, The Castleinch Road.

( b ) The Castlecomer Road for a distance of 1,188 metres from the borough boundary.

( c ) College Road and its continuation as the Callan Road for a distance of 600 metres from the borough boundary.

( d ) The Circular Road between the borough boundary and a point 18 metres south-east of its junction with the Castleinch Road.

( e ) The Ballycallan Road for a distance of 164 metres from the borough boundary.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Roads declared to be public roads in a built-up area for the purposes of section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 .

1. The following roads at Ballyragget:--

( a ) The Square, The Fair Green.

( b ) Castle Street and its continuation as the Kilkenny Road for a distance of 795 metres from the junction of Castle Street with the Square.

( c ) High Street and its continuation as the Castlecomer Road for a distance of 366 metres from the junction of High Street with Patrick Street.

( d ) Patrick Street and its continuation as Smith's Road for a distance of 120 metres from the junction of Patrick Street with High Street.

( e ) Moat Street and its continuation as the Moatpark Road between the junction of Moat Street with the Square and a point 128 metres north of the junction of the Moatpark Road with the Fair Green.

( f ) Bridge Street and its continuation as the Durrow Road between the junction of Bridge Street with the Square and a point 32 metres east of the junction of the Durrow Road with the Freshford Road.

2. The following roads at Bennettsbridge:--

( a ) The Ring, Marian Terrace.

( b ) The Thomastown-Kilkenny road between a point 300 metres south of its junction with the road to the Ring and a point 265 metres north of its junction with the Annamult Road.

( c ) The Gowran Road for a distance of 605 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Thomastown road.

( d ) The Maddockstown Road for a distance of 175 metres from its junction with the Gowran Road.

( e ) The Link Road between the Maddockstown Road and Gowran Road.

( f ) The Annamult Road for a distance of 125 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny Road.

( g ) The Danesfort Road for a distance of 65 metres from its junction with the Annamult Road.

( h ) The Tullaherin Road for a distance of 290 metres from its junction with the Thomastown Road.

3. The following roads adjacent to the town of Callan:--

( a ) Fair Green Lane.

( b ) Mill Street and its continuation as the Dunnamaggan Road for a distance of 137 metres from the point where the boundary of the town of Callan intersects the north-eastern side of the road.

( c ) The easternmost laneway leading from Mill Street to the King's River.

4. The following roads at Castlecomer:--

( a ) Market Lane, Market Square, Mill Lane, The Glebe, Love Lane, Maryville Housing Scheme Roads, Hospital Lane, Donaguille Road, New Housing Scheme Road.

( b ) The Kilkenny-Dublin road between a point 110 metres south of its junction with Hospital Lane and a point 480 metres east of its junction with Barrack Street.

( c ) Barrack Street and its continuation as the Ballyragget Road between the junction of Barrack Street with the Kilkenny-Dublin road and a point 183 metres north-west of the junction of the Ballyragget Road with Love Lane.

( d ) The Old Road between its junction with the Ballyragget Road and a point 20 metres west of its western junction with the Glebe.

( e ) Chatsworth Row between its junction with the Kilkenny-Dublin road and a point 32 metres south of its junction with the Skehana Road.

5. The following roads at Clogh:--

( a ) The Abbeyleix-Castlecomer road between a point 1,235 metres north of its junction with the Cloneen Road and a point 275 metres south of the said junction.

( b ) The Cloneen Road for a distance of 78 metres from its junction with the Abbeyleix-Castlecomer road.

( c ) The Chatsworth Housing Scheme Roads.

6. The following roads at Fiddown:--

( a ) The Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road between a point 28 metres north of its junction with the Strand Road and a point 206 metres north-west of its junction with the Rathmore Road.

( b ) The Rathmore Road for a distance of 295 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

7. The following roads at Freshford:--

( a ) The Square.

( b ) The Kilkenny-Thurles road between a point 115 metres south-east of its junction with the Clintstown Road and a point 211 metres west of its junction with Bohergloss Street.

( c ) The Clintstown Road for a distance of 37 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Thurles road.

( d ) The Moat Road for a distance of 95 metres from its junction with the Uppercourt Road.

( e ) Chapel Street and its continuation as the Uppercourt Road for a distance of 256 metres from the junction of Chapel Street with the Kilkenny-Thurles road.

( f ) Buncrusha Street and its continuation as the Ballylarkin Road for a distance of 686 metres from the junction of Buncrusha Street with the Kilkenny-Thurles road.

( g ) The road connecting Buncrusha Street with the Kilkenny-Thurles road.

( h ) Bohergloss Street and its continuation as the Ballyragget Road for a distance of 275 metres from the junction of Bohergloss Street with the Kilkenny-Thurles road.

8. The following roads at Goresbridge:--

( a ) Chapel Street, Cluin Mhuire Road.

( b ) The Borris-Gowran road between the centre point of the Barrow Bridge and a point 348 metres west of its junction with Barrack Street.

( c ) Barrowmount Road for a distance of 183 metres from its junction with the Borris-Gowran road.

( d ) Barrack Street and its continuation as the Carlow Road for a distance of 183 metres from the junction of Barrack Street with the Borris-Gowran road.

9. The following roads at Gowran:--

( a ) The Carlow-Waterford road between its junction with the Goresbridge Road and a point 46 metres south of its junction with the Chapel Road.

( b ) The Mill Road for a distance of 65 metres from its junction with the Carlow-Waterford road.

( c ) The Kilkenny Road for a distance of 165 metres from its junction with the Carlow-Waterford road.

( d ) The Chapel Road between its junction with the Carlow-Waterford road and a point 101 metres south of its junction with the Kilkenny Road.

10. The following roads at Graiguenamanagh:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Carlow Road 251 metres north of its junction with the Thomastown Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

( a ) the northwesternmost point of the Fairview Cottages Road,

( b ) a point on the Killeen Road 86 metres north of its junction with the Fairview Cottages Road,

( c ) a point on the Ullard Road 348 metres north-east of its junction with Barrow Lane,

( d ) the easternmost point of the Quay,

( e ) the centre point of Graiguenamanagh Bridge,

( f ) a point on the New Ross Road 51 metres south of its junction with the Inistioge Road,

( g ) a point on the Inistioge Road 51 metres west of its junction with the New Ross Road,

( h ) a point on the Thomastown Road 31 metres north-west of its junction with the Carlow Road,

( i ) a point on the Moneen Road 160 metres north-west of its junction with the Thomastown Road,

( j ) a point on the Cemetery Road 200 metres north of its junction with the Moneen Road

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Carlow Road.

11. The following roads at Inistioge:--

( a ) Hatchery Lane, The Square.

( b ) The Thomastown-New Ross road between a point 320 metres north of its junction with the Killeen Road and a point 46 metres west of its junction with the Cappagh Road.

( c ) The Killeen Road for a distance of 340 metres from its junction with the Thomastown-New Ross road.

( d ) The Ballyduff Road for a distance of 275 metres from its junction with the Killeen Road.

12. The following roads at Johnstown:--

( a ) The Square.

( b ) The Dublin-Cork road between a point 700 metres north-east of its junction with The Square and a point 220 metres south-west of the said junction.

( c ) The Kilkenny Road for a distance of 403 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Cork road.

( d ) The Canal Road for a distance of 410 metres from its junction with The Square.

13. The following roads adjacent to the Borough of Kilkenny:--

( a ) The Mount Brilliant Road, The New Road, The Old Golf Links Road, The Newpark Cottages Road, Lover's Lane, Asylum Lane, Coote's Lane, Park View Road, O'Loughlin Road, Glendine Heights Housing Estate Roads.

( b ) The Kilkieran Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Old Golf Links Road.

( c ) The Johnswell Road for a distance of 78 metres from its junction with the Old Golf Links Road.

( d ) The Cellarstown Road between the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny and a point 14 metres east of its junction with O'Loughlin Road.

( e ) The Waterford Road for a distance of 42 metres from the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( f ) The Kells Road where the said road is a perimeter road.

( g ) The Tullaroan or Bonnetstown Road for a distance of 69 metres from the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( h ) The Granges Road for a distance of 247 metres from the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( i ) The Bleach Road for a distance of 105 metres from the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( j ) The continuation of Ballybought Street between the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny and its junction with the New Road.

( k ) The New Glendine Road for a distance of 1,050 metres from the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( l ) The Freshford Road for a distance of 640 metres from the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

14. The following roads at Kilmacow (Upper):--

( a ) The Waterford-Dangan road between a point 895 metres north-east of its junction with the Clogga Road and a point 266 metres south-east of the said junction.

( b ) The Clogga Road for a distance of 190 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Dangan road.

15. The following roads at Mooncoin:--

( a ) The Pound Cottages Road.

( b ) The Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road between a point 183 metres east of its junction with the Doornane road and a point 302 metres north-west of its junction with the Pollrone Road.

( c ) The Doornane Road for a distance of 295 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

( d ) The Grange Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

( e ) Chapel Street for a distance of 238 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

( f ) The road leading from the northern side of the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road at a point approximately 275 metres north-west of the junction of the latter road with the Pollrone Road.

( g ) The Pollrone Road for a distance of 70 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

16. The following roads at Mullinavat:--

( a ) The Waterford-Kilkenny road between a point 20 metres south of its junction with the Creamery Road and a point 165 metres north of its junction with the New Ross Road.

( b ) The Piltown Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Kilkenny road.

( c ) The Glenmore Road for a distance of 110 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Kilkenny road.

( d ) The New Ross Road for a distance of 37 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Kilkenny road.

17. The following roads at Piltown:--

( a ) The Creamery Road.

( b ) The Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road between a point 128 metres north-west of its junction with the Ardclone Road and a point 330 metres west of its junction with Kerr's Road.

( c ) The Kilmaganny Road between its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road and a point 115 metres south-east of its junction with Kerr's Road.

( d ) Kerr's Road for a distance of 366 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

( e ) The Tibberaghny Road for a distance of 70 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Carrick-on-Suir road.

18. The following roads at Slieveroe:--

( a ) The New Ross-Waterford road between a point 284 metres north-east of its junction with the Kilmacow Road and a point 320 metres south-west of the said junction.

( b ) The Kilmacow Road for a distance of 137 metres from its junction with the New Ross-Waterford road.

( c ) The road leading from the southern side of the New Ross-Waterford road at a point approximately 46 metres north-east of the junction of the latter road with the Kilmacow Road.

19. The following roads at Thomastown:--

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Kilkenny Road 92 metres north of Lady's Well Cross Roads and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:--

( a ) a point on the Carlow Road 137 metres north of its junction with Newtown Terrace,

( b ) a point on the Graiguenamanagh Road 183 metres north-east of its junction with the Inistioge Road,

( c ) a point on the Inistioge Road 230 metres south-east of its junction with the Graiguenamanagh Road,

( d ) a point on the Creamery Road 390 metres south-east of its junction with the Ballyhale Road,

( e ) a point on the Ballyhale Road 183 metres south-west of its junction with the Creamery Road,

( f ) a point on the Station Road 202 metres south-west of its junction with Market Street,

( g ) a point on the Newtown Road 28 metres north-west of its junction with the Kilkenny Road

and from the last-mentioned point in a straight line to the commencement point on the Kilkenny Road.

20. The following roads at Urlingford:--

( a ) St. Mary's Terrace.

( b ) The Dublin-Cork road between a point 92 metres north-east of its junction with the Kilkenny Road and a point 230 metres south-west of its junction with the Killenaule or Gortnahoe Road.

( c ) The Killenaule or Gortnahoe Road for a distance of 335 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Cork road.

( d ) The New Line for a distance of 183 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Cork road.

( e ) Lumper Lane for a distance of 125 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Cork road.

( f ) The Kilkenny Road for a distance of 92 metres from its junction with the Dublin-Cork road.

( g ) Mill Street and its continuation as the Island Road for a distance of 211 metres from the junction of Mill Street with the Dublin-Cork road.

21. The following roads adjacent to the County Borough of Waterford:--

( a ) The Kilkenny or Dublin Road for a distance of 55 metres from the point where the boundary of the county borough of Waterford intersects the northern side of the road.

( b ) The Rockshire Road between the boundary of the county borough of Waterford and a point 46 metres north of its junction with the Smartscastle Road.

( c ) The Smartscastle Road for a distance of 275 metres from its junction with the Rockshire Road.

( d ) The New Ross Road for a distance of 183 metres from the point where the boundary of the county borough of Waterford intersects the south-eastern side of the road.

( e ) The Abbey Road for a distance of 101 metres from the boundary of the county borough of Waterford.

( f ) The Golf Links Road for a distance of 610 metres from its junction with the Waterford-Kilkenny road.

THIRD SCHEDULE

Roads in respect of which a special speed limit of 40 miles per hour is prescribed.

1. The following roads at Ballyhale:--

( a ) The Kilkenny-Waterford road between a point 26 metres south of its junction with the Station Road and a point 350 metres south of its junction with the Coolmore Road.

( b ) The Coolmore Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

2. The following roads at Boherboy and Paulstown:--

( a ) The Carlow-Kilkenny road between a point 770 metres north-east of its junction with the Kellymount Road and a point 225 metres south-west of said junction.

( b ) The Waterford Road for a distance of 515 metres from its junction with the Carlow-Kilkenny road.

( c ) The Goresbridge Road between its junction with the Carlow-Kilkenny road and a point 670 metres east of the said junction.

( d ) The Kellymount Road for a distance of 40 metres from its junction with the Carlow-Kilkenny road.

3. The following roads at Callan:--

( a ) Clonmel Road between a point 83 metres south-west from its junction with the Coolagh Road and a point 320 metres south-west from the said junction.

( b ) Kilkenny Road between a point 385 metres north-west of the town boundary and a point 228 metres south-west of the said boundary.

( c ) Upper Haggardsgreen for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny Road.

4. The following roads at Castlecomer:--

( a ) The Kilkenny Road between a point 110 metres south of its junction with Hospital Lane and a point 5 metres north of its junction with Ward's Lane.

( b ) The Dublin Road between a point 480 metres east of its junction with Barrack Street and a point 1,345 metres east of the said junction.

5. The following roads at Johnstown:--

( a ) The Cork Road between a point 220 metres south-west of its junction with the Square and a point 335 metres south-west of the said junction.

( b ) The Rathdowney Road for a distance of 395 metres from its junction with the Canal Road.

6. The following roads in and adjacent to the Borough of Kilkenny:--

( a ) The Castlecomer Road between a point 1,188 metres south-east of the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny and a point 606 metres north of its junction with the New Glendine Road.

( b ) The Dublin Road for a distance of 915 metres south-east of the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( c ) The Bennettsbridge Road for a distance of 440 metres south-east of the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny.

( d ) The Waterford Road between a point 42 metres south of the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny and a point 760 metres south of the said boundary.

( e ) College Road and its continuation as the Callan Road between a point 600 metres north-east of the boundary of the borough of Kilkenny and a point 290 metres south-west of the said boundary.

( f ) The Sion Road for a distance of 1,216 metres from its junction with the Dublin Road.

7. The following roads at Knocktopher:--

( a ) The Kilkenny-Waterford road between a point 137 metres south-east of its junction with the Kells Road and a point 240 metres south of its junction with the Thomastown Road.

( b ) The Thomastown Road for a distance of 46 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

( c ) The Kilmagonny Road for a distance of 220 metres from the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

8. The following road at Mooncoin:--

The Waterford Road between a point 183 metres east of its junction with the Doornane road and a point 465 metres east of the said junction.

9. The following road adjacent to the Urban District of New Ross:--

The Waterford Road for a distance of 460 metres from the urban district boundary of New Ross.

10. The following roads at The Rower:--

( a ) The Graiguenamanagh-New Ross road between a point 275 metres south-west of its junction with the Old New Ross Road and a point 275 metres north of the said junction.

( b ) The Inistioge Road for a distance of 20 metres from its junction with the Graiguenamanagh-New Ross road.

( c ) The Ballynunry Road for a distance of 37 metres from its junction with the Graiguenamanagh-New Ross road.

( d ) The Old New Ross Road for a distance of 20 metres from its junction with the Graiguenamanagh-New Ross road.

11. The following roads at Stoneyford:--

( a ) The Kilkenny-Waterford Road between a point 101 metres north-east of its junction with the Kells Road and a point 92 metres south-east of its junction with the Thomastown Road.

( b ) The Kells Road for a distance of 32 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

( c ) The Thomastown Road for a distance of 28 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

( d ) The Stonecarthy Road for a distance of 28 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

( e ) The Norelands Road for a distance of 28 metres from its junction with the Kilkenny-Waterford road.

12. The following roads at Thomastown:--

( a ) The Carlow Road between a point 137 metres north of its junction with Newtown Terrace and a point 605 metres north of the said junction.

( b ) The Ballyhale Road between a point 183 metres south-west of its junction with the Creamery Road and a point 760 metres south-west of the said junction.

13. The following roads adjacent to the County Borough of Waterford:--

( a ) The Kilkenny or Dublin Road between a point 55 metres west of the point where the boundary of the county borough of Waterford intersects the northern side of the road and a point 343 metres north of its junction with the Newrath Road.

( b ) The New Ross Road between a point 183 metres north-east of the point where the boundary of the county borough of Waterford intersects the south-eastern side of the road and a point 320 metres south-west of the junction of the Kilmacow Road with the New Ross-Waterford road at Slieveroe.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 30th day of December, 1977.

SYLVESTER BARRETT,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 107 of 1968 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kilkenny) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 148 of 1974 ) and alter the speed limits applicable to certain roads in this area.

The Regulations exclude the public roads mentioned in the First Schedule from the scope of the built-up area speed limit prescribed by section 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 and declare the public roads mentioned in the Second Schedule to be subject to that speed limit.

The Regulations also prescribe a speed limit of 40 miles per hour in respect of the public roads mentioned in the Third Schedule.

Ambulances, fire brigade vehicles and Garda Síochána vehicles while being used in the course of duty are excepted from all speed limits by the Regulations.