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S.I. No. 145/1977 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) Regulations, 1977

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1977-05-13
Last updated 1983-11-07
State Repealed superseded text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.

2 amending acts · 1983-11-07, S.I. No. 334/1983 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) Regulations, 1983

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S.I. No. 145 of 1977.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF KERRY) 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 Kerry) Regulations, 1977.

2 Commencement.

2.

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

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 mile 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 Kerry) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 208 of 1967 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1971 ) 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 Killarney:—

2.

The following roads in the Urban District of Listowel:—

3.

The following roads in the Urban District of Tralee:—

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 Abbeydorney :—

2.

The following roads at Annascaul:—

3.

The following roads at Ardfert :—

4.

The following roads at Ballybunion :—

5.

The following roads at Ballyduff :—

6.

The following road at Ballyheigue:—

The Kerryhead Road between a point 183 metres south-west of its junction with the Tralee-Listowel road and a point 1,363 metres west of the said junction.

7.

The following roads at Ballylongford:—

8.

8.

The following roads at Barraduff :—

9.

9.

The following roads at Caherciveen :—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Killorglin Road 229 metres north-east of its westernmost junction with the Reenrusheen Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points: —

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

10.

10.

The following roads at Castleisland:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Tralee Road 460 metres north-west of its junction with Main Street and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points: —

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

11.

11.

The following roads at Castlemaine:—

12.

12.

The following roads at Causeway :—

13.

13.

The following roads at Dingle:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on Strand Road 412 metres south-east of Milltown Cross and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

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

14.

14.

The following roads at Glenbeigh:—

15.

15.

The following roads at Kenmare:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Glengarriff Road 15 metres north of its junction with Pier Road and drawn thence in straight lines successively to the following points:—

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

16.

16.

The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Killarney:—

17.

17.

The following roads at Killorglin:—

18.

18.

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

The Tarbert Road between the boundary of the urban district of Listowel and a point 350 metres east of the said boundary.

19.

19.

The following roads in and adjacent to Lixnaw :—

20.

20.

The following roads at Milltown:—

21.

21.

The following roads at Moyvane:—

22.

22.

The following roads at Rathmore :—

23.

23.

The following roads at Sneem:—

24.

24.

The following roads at Tarbert:—

25.

25.

The following roads adjacent to the Urban District of Tralee:—

26.

26.

The following roads at Waterville :—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1.

The following road at Castleisland :—

The Ballydesmond Road between a point 357 metres south-east of its junction with Main Street and a point 855 metres south-east of the said junction.

2.

The following roads at Duagh :—

3.

The following roads at Farranfore:—

4.

The following road in and adjacent to the Urban District of Killarney:—

Ross Road for a distance of 366 metres from its junction with the Flesk Road.

5.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 13th day of May, 1977.

JAMES TULLY,

Minister for Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 208 of 1967 ) and the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Kerry) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 242 of 1971 ) 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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