S.I. No. 153/1968 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Wexford) Regulations, 1968.

S.I. No. 153 of 1968.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF WEXFORD) REGULATIONS, 1968.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 , 45 and 46 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and as respects article 7 after consultation with the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána and the road authority concerned and as respects article 5 on the application of the said Commissioner hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1 Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Wexford) Regulations, 1968.

2 Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1968.

3 Interpretation.

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 Built-up area speed limit.

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 Special speed limit.

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 Exceptions.

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

( a ) ambulances,

( b ) fire brigade vehicles, and

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

7 Revocation.

7. Articles 5 and 6 of the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1963 ) in so far as they relate to roads in the County of Wexford 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 Urban District of Enniscorthy :—

( a ) Boreen Hill,

( b ) Island Street and its continuation as the Dublin Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 6 yards south of the junction of the Dublin Road with Boreen Hill.

( c ) Nunnery Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 80 yards north of its northernmost junction with the Fair Green.

( d ) The Esmonde Road between its southernmost intersection by the Urban District boundary and a point 25 yards from its junction with the Spring Valley Road.

( e ) The New Ross Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 200 yards north of Arnold's Cross.

2. The following roads in the town of Gorey :—

( a ) The Ramsfort Park Road, Leatherfactory Road, The Mill Road, The Carnew Road.

( b ) The Enniscorthy Road for a distance of 550 yards from the town boundary.

( c ) The Tinahely or Hollyfort Road between the town boundary and a point 25 yards north-west of its junction with the Coislinne Road.

( d ) The Fort Road between the town boundary and a point 160 yards north-west of its junction with the Coislinne Road.

( e ) The Arklow Road for a distance of 160 yards from the town boundary.

( f ) The Coach Road between the town boundary and a point 50 yards north of its junction with the Clonattin Road.

( g ) The Courtown Road between the town boundary and a point 50 yards north of its junction with the Mill Road.

( h ) The Clonattin Road for a distance of 200 yards from the point where the town boundary intersects the northern side of the road.

( i ) The Ballycanew Road between the town boundary and a point 25 yards south of its junction with the Railway Road.

3. The following roads in the Urban District of New Ross :—

( a ) Bosheen na Slán, The Chilcomb Road, Lovers Lane, The Ballylane Road.

( b ) The Waterford Road for a distance of 780 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( c ) The Schoolhouse Road for a distance of 140 yards from its junction with the Chilcomb Road.

( d ) Rosbercon Hill for a distance of 30 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( e ) The Enniscorthy or Cherry's Road for a distance of 500 yards from the Urban District boundary.

( f ) Irish Town and its continuation as the Old Ross Road between the Urban District boundary and a point 15 yards east of its junction with Mount Garrett Lane.

( g ) The road continuing eastwards from Wexford Street between the Urban District boundary and a point 200 yards west of the junction of the said road with the Ballylane Road.

( h ) The Campile or Wexford Road for a distance of 250 yards from the Urban District boundary.

4. The following roads in the Borough of Wexford :—

( a ) The Redmond or New Road for a distance of 590 yards from the Borough boundary.

( b ) The Mulgannon Road where the said road is a perimeter road.

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 Ballycanew :—

( a ) The Ballycanew Housing Scheme Road.

( b ) Ballycanew Street and its continuation as the Gorey Road between its junction with the Wexford Road and a point 5 yards north of its junction with the Ballycanew Housing Scheme Road.

( c ) The Coolook Road for a distance of 210 yards from its junction with Ballycanew Street.

( d ) The Wexford Road for a distance of 25 yards from its junction with the Tomgar or Ballymore Road.

( e ) The Tomgar or Ballymore Road for a distance of 25 yards from its junction with the Wexford Road.

2. The following roads at Blackwater :—

( a ) The Wexford-Gorey (Coast) road between a point 5 yards south-west of its junction with the Beach Road and a point 270 yards south of its junction with the Enniscorthy Road.

( b ) The Enniscorthy Road for a distance of 420 yards from its junction with the Wexford-Gorey (Coast) road.

3. The following roads at Bunclody :—

( a ) Chapel Lane, The Mall, Market Square, St. Mary's Villas.

( b ) Ryland Street and its continuation as the Ryland Road for a distance of 260 yards from its junction with Irish Street.

( c ) Irish Street and its continuation as the New Ross or Kiltealy Road for a distance of 360 yards from its junction with Ryland Street.

( d ) Church Street and its continuation as the Mill Road for a distance of 500 yards from its junction with The Mall.

( e ) The Carrickduff Road between its junction with The Mall and the boundary between the counties of Wexford and Carlow at Clody Bridge.

( f ) The Carnew Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with Ryland Street.

4. The following roads at Campile :—

( a ) The Horeswood Road for a distance of 400 yards from its junction with the Dunmain Road.

( b ) The Fethard Road for a distance of 450 yards from its junction with the Dunmain Road.

( c ) The Dunmain Road for a distance of 170 yards from its junction with the Horeswood Road.

( d ) The roads in the Campile Housing Scheme.

5. The following roads at Courtown, Riverchapel and Ardamine :—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at the point on the eastern edge of the Borough Road where the said road terminates at the footbridge over the Owenavorragh River and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

( a ) the seaward terminal point of the south pier, Courtown Harbour,

( b ) a point on the Ardamine Road 250 yards south-east of its junction with the Middletown Road,

( c ) a point on the Middletown Road 150 yards south-west of its junction with the Ardamine Road,

( d ) a point on the western edge of Red Row 300 yards north of its junction with the Ardamine Road,

( e ) a point on the Gorey Road 400 yards north-west of its junction with the Ardamine Road,

( f ) a point on the Levuka Road 200 yards north-west of its junction with the Gorey Road,

( g ) a point on the western edge of the Borough Road due east of the last-mentioned point

and thence in a northerly direction along the said western edge of the Borough Road to the point where the said road terminates at the footbridge over the Owenavorragh River and from that point in a straight line to the commencement point on the eastern edge of the said road.

6. The following roads at Duncannon :—

( a ) The Fethard-Arthurstown road between a point 50 yards' east of its junction with Strand Road and a point 80 yards north-west of its junction with Main Street.

( b ) Strand Road and its continuation to Duncannon Quay.

( c ) Main Street and its continuation to Duncannon Quay.

7. The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Enniscorthy :—

(a) Drumgoold Villas Road.

(b) Bellfield Road for a distance of 480 yards from the point where the boundary of the Urban District of Enniscorthy intersects the southern side of the road.

(c) The Ross Road for a distance of 60 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Enniscorthy.

(d) The Salvill Road where the said road is a perimeter road.

(e) The Esmonde Road for a distance of 25 yards from its junction with the Spring Valley Road.

(f) The " Shannon " where the said road is a perimeter road.

(g) The Old Church or Rectory Road for a distance of 350 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Enniscorthy.

(h) The Oulart Road for a distance of 250 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Enniscorthy.

(i) The part of the Spring Valley Road which lies outside the boundary of the Urban District of Enniscorthy.

(j) Munster Hill for a distance of 150 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of Enniscorthy.

8. The following roads at Ferns :—

All roads (other than the roads set out at inference 5 in the Third Schedule to these Regulations) enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Gorey Road 400 yards north-east of its junction with Station Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

(a) a point on the Station Road 5 yards west of its junction with the Killoggy Road,

(b) a point on the Enniscorthy Road 140 yards north-east of the Vee Gross,

(c) a point on the road connecting the Vee Cross with the Bunclody Road 150 yards north-east of the Vee Cross,

(d) a point on the Bunclody Road 560 yards west of its junction with the Enniscorthy Road,

(e) a point on the Newtown Road 200 yards north-west of its junction with the Bunclody Road,

(f) the northern terminal point of the road leading northwards from the Bunclody Road at the junction of the Bunclody Road with the Newtown Road.

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

9. The following roads adjacent to the town of Gorey :—

(a) The Garden City Road between the boundary of the town of Gorey and a point 20 yards south-west of its junction with the Knockina Road.

(b) The Clonattin Road between the point where the boundary of the town of Gorey intersects the southern side of the road and a point 200 yards west of the point where the said boundary intersects the northern side of the road.

10. The following road adjacent to the Urban District of New Ross :—

Charlton Hill and its continuation as the Hospital Road for a distance of 180 yards from the boundary of the Urban District of New Ross.

11. The following roads at Rosslare :—

(a) The Strand Road in a northerly direction from a point 200 yards south of its junction with the Railway Road.

(b) The Railway Road for a distance of 450 yards from its junction with the Strand Road.

12. The following roads at Taghmon :—

(a) Back or Stream Street, Joseph's Street, Castle Alley, Green Gardens, Main Street, Fair Green.

(b) The Hillburn Road between its junction with Joseph's Street and a point 50 yards south-east of its junction with the Mulmontry Road.

(c) The Wexford Road for a distance of 135 yards from its junction with Back Street.

(d) The New Ross Road for a distance of 200 yards from its junction with Main Street.

(e) The road connecting Main Street with Back Street.

(f) Chapel Street and its continuation as the Brownscastle Road for a distance of 250 yards from the junction of Chapel Street with Back Street.

(g) The Forest Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the Brownscastle Road.

13. The following roads adjacent to the Borough of Wexford :—

(a) The Whitemill Road, The Dolphin Road.

(b) The Spawell Road where the said road is a perimeter road.

(c) The Coolcots Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Belvedere Road.

(d) The part of the Belvedere Road and its continuation southward which lies outside the boundary of the Borough of Wexford.

(e) The Clonard Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Belvedere Road.

(f) The roads in the Ard Carmain Housing Scheme.

(g) The Duncannon Line where the said road is a perimeter road.

(h) The Whiterock Road where the said road is a perimeter road.

(i) The Maudlinton or Rosslare Road for a distance of 20 yards from its junction with the Dolphin Road.

(j) Droichead Charman and its continuance as the Ferrybank Road for a distance of 830 yards from the boundary of the Borough of Wexford.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

ROADS IN RESPECT OF WHICH A SPECIAL SPEED LIMIT OF 40 MILES PER HOUR IS PRESCRIBED.

1. The following road at Bunclody :—

Ryland Street and its continuation as the Ryland Road between a point 260 yards from its junction with Irish Street and a point 600 yards from the said junction.

2. The following roads at Camolin :—

(a) The Gorey-Ferns road between a point 150 yards north-east of its junction with the Newbridge Road or Limerick Lane and a point 120 yards south-west of its junction with Railway Road.

(b) The Newbridge Road or Limerick Lane for a distance of 350 yards from its junction with the Gorey-Ferns road.

(c) The Ballyduff Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Gorey-Ferns road.

(d) Railway Road for a distance of 150 yards from its junction with the Gorey-Ferns road.

3. The following roads at Clonroche :—

(a) The New Ross-Enniscorthy road between a point 400 yards south-west of its junction with Chapel Road and a point 150 yards north-east of the said junction.

(b) Chapel Road for a distance of 70 yards from its junction with the New Ross-Enniscorthy road.

(c) The Ballywilliam or Cloughbawn Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with the New Ross-Enniscorthy road.

4. The following roads m and adjacent to the Urban District of Enniscorthy :—

(a) Boreen Hill.

(b) Island Street and its continuation as the Dublin Road between a point 6 yards south of the junction of the Dublin Road with Boreen Hill and a point 35 yards north of the junction of the Dublin Road with Nunnery Road.

(c) The Moyne Road for a distance of 50 yards from its junction with Nunnery Road.

(d) Nunnery Road between its junction with the Dublin Road and a point 80 yards north of its northernmost junction with the Fair Green.

5. The following roads at Ferns :—

(a) The Gorey Road between a point 75 yards north-east of its junction with the Station Road and a point 400 yards north-east of the said junction.

(b) The Enniscorthy Road between a point 140 yards north-east of the Vee Cross and a point 25 yards south-west of its junction with the Bunclody Road.

6. The following roads in and adjacent to the town of Gorey :—

(a) The Enniscorthy Road between a point 330 yards north-east of the boundary of the 'town of Gorey and a point 550 yards north-east of the said boundary.

(b) The Arklow Road between a point 160 yards south-west of the boundary of the town of Gorey and a point 150 yards north-east of its junction with the Coach Road.

(c) The Coach Road between its junction with the Arklow Road and a point 50 yards north of its junction with the Clonattin Road.

(d) The Knockina Road for a distance of 25 yards from its junction with the Arklow Road.

(e) The Carnew Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Enniscorthy Road.

7. The following roads in and adjacent to the Urban District of New Ross :—

(a) The Enniscorthy or Cherry's Road between a point 200 yards south-west of the boundary of the Urban District of New Ross and a point 500 yards south-west of the said boundary.

(b) Irish Town and its continuation as the Old Ross Road between a point 15 yards east of its junction with Mount Garrett Lane and a point 20 yards east of the point where the boundary of the Urban District of New Ross intersects the southern side of the road.

8. The following roads at Oylgate :—

(a) The Wexford-Enniscorthy road between a point 210 yards south of its junction with the Ballymurn Road and a point 180 yards north of the said junction.

(b) The Ballymurn Road for a distance of 280 yards from its junction with the Wexford-Enniscorthy road.

9. The following roads in and adjacent to the Borough of Wexford :—

(a) The Newtown Road for a distance of 400 yards westwards from the boundary of the Borough of Wexford.

(b) The Redmond or New Road between a point 590 yards south-east of the boundary of the Borough of Wexford and a point 190 yards south-east of the said boundary.

(c) The Maudlinton or Rosslare Road between a point 20 yards south of its junction with the Dolphin Road and a point 420 yards south of the said junction.

(d) The Duncannon Line between the point where the boundary of the Borough of Wexford intersects the northern side of the road and a point 80 yards south-west of its junction with the Whitemill Road.

(e) The Clonard Road between a point 450 yards west of its junction with the Belvedere Road and a point 100 yards west of the said junction.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this

12th day of July One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-eight.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Regulations, 1963 and 1965, in their application to the County of Wexford 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 for all mechanically propelled vehicles.

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.