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By Tamara O’Connell

CONCERNED residents in Haggardstown are calling for traffic calming measures to be introduced along the busy Dublin Road.

The Haggardstown Tidy Towns Chairman Shane McGuinness told the Dundalk Leader that he wants to highlight the danger of the very busy road.

“The situation as it stands is very dangerous because it’s very hard to cross the road from all of the new estates,” said Shane.

“Cars fly past Sextons and other junctions further up the Dublin Road so we are looking for the council to install traffic lights, speed bumps and zebra crossings.

“We set up the Haggardstown Tidy Towns committee three years ago and we have a lot of concerns around the speed limit on the Dublin Road.”

Shane added: “In particular, we are concerned about the speed limit of the road around Blackrock and Haggardstown.

“A lot of people have made contact with us via the Haggardstown Tidy Towns Facebook page to complain about the current speed limit.

“There are four junctions that need to be looked at including Greengates junction, Sexton’s junction, Jackie Murphy’s junction and the SuperValu junction.”

According to Shane there have been “some really close calls” along the Dublin Road and residents are keen to prevent an accident from oc- curring.

“A lot of children cross the road on their way to and from school but it’s very busy and very dangerous,” he said.

“We are considering holding a public meeting soon about this matter because we need to do something about this.

“We want to highlight our growing concern about the issue. We would like some councillors to get involved. Somebody needs to engage with us.”

If anyone would like to contact Shane about the proposed traffic calming measures, please send a message through the Haggardstown Tidy Towns Facebook page.