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S.I. No. 105/1977 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kildare) Regulations, 1977

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1977-04-06
Last updated 1983-09-30
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.

1 amending act · 1983-09-30, S.I. No. 277/1983 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kildare) Regulations, 1983

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S.I. No. 105 of 1977.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF KILDARE) REGULATIONS, 1977.

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) amended as regards the said section 46 by section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1 Citation.

1.

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

2 Commencement.

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 18th day of April, 1977.

3 Interpretation.

3.

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, or 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.

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.

5 Special speed limit.

5.

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.

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:—

7 Revocation.

7.

7. The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kildare) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 27 of 1969 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kildare) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 351 of 1973 ) 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 Athy:—

2.

The following roads in the town of Droichead Nua:—

3.

The following roads in the Urban District of Naas:—

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 Allenwood: —

2.

The following road adjacent to the Urban District of Athy:—

The Kildare road for a distance of 275 metres from the boundary of the urban district of Athy.

3.

The following roads at Ballymore Eustace:—

4.

The following roads at Castledermot:—

5.

The following roads at Celbridge:—

6.

The following roads at Clane:—

7.

The following roads at Coill Dubh:—

8.

8.

The following road at Curragh Camp:—

The Ballymany Cross-Brownstown road between a point 70 metres north-west of its junction with Collins Road West and a point 485 metres south-west of its junction with O'Higgins Road West.

9.

9.

The following roads adjacent to the town of Droichead Nua:—

10.

10.

The following roads at Kilcock:—

11.

11.

The following roads at Kilcullen:—

12.

12.

The following roads at Kildare:—

All roads (other than the roads described at reference 6 in the Third Schedule to these Regulations) in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Milltown Road 366 metres north of its junction with the Melitta Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

and thence in a straight line to the commencement point on the Milltown Road.

13.

13.

The following roads at Leixlip:—

14.

14.

The following roads at Maynooth:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Dublin Road 35 metres east of its junction with Carton Lane and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points: —

and thence in a straight line to the commencement point on the Dublin Road.

15.

15.

The following roads at Monasterevan:—

16.

16.

The following road at Palatine:—

The Baltinglass Road for a distance of 195 metres from the boundary between the counties of Carlow and Kildare at Palatine Bridge.

17.

17.

The following roads at Prosperous:—

18.

18.

The following roads at Rathangan:—

19.

19.

The following roads at Sallins:—

20.

20.

The following roads at Suncroft:—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1.

The following roads in and adjacent to the Urban District of Athy:—

2.

The following roads at Celbridge:—

3.

The following roads at Johnstown Bridge:—

4.

The following roads at Kilcock:—

5.

The following roads at Kilcullen:—

6.

The following roads at Kildare:—

7.

The following roads at Leixlip:—

8.

The following roads at Monasterevin:—

9.

The following roads in the Urban District of Naas:—

10.

The following roads at Straffan:—

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 6th day of April, 1977.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kildare) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 27 of 1969 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kildare) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 351 of 1973 ) 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.

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