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S.I. No. 141/1987 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Wicklow) Regulations, 1987

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1987-05-27
Last updated 1991-10-23
State In force superseded text
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Source Irish Statute Book
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S.I. No. 141 of 1987.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY OF WICKLOW) REGULATIONS, 1987.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 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 Wicklow) Regulations, 1987.

2 Commencement.

2.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 8th day of June, 1987.

3 Interpretation.

3.

3. In these Regulations save where the context otherwise requires;

" the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 ;

"built-up area speed limit" and "special 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;

"National Road" means a road declared to be a National Road in the Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 1977 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1977 ) and any reference to the number of such road shall be a reference to the number of such road as shown in column 1 of the First Schedule or column 1 of the Second Schedule to the aforementioned Order;

"road" means a public 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. (1) 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 or Wicklow) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 31 of 1978 ) are hereby revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Wicklow 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 Arklow:—

2.

The following roads in the Urban District of Bray: —

3.

The following roads in the Urban District of Wicklow:—

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Wicklow 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 road at Annacurragh:—

The Annacurragh-Carnew road between a point 393 metres north-west of the centre-line of the CIE bridge and a point three metres south-east of the centre-line of the said bridge.

2.

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

3.

The following roads at Aughrim:—

4.

The following road at Avoca:—

The main road through Avoca village between a point 460 metres south-west of the centre-line of Blacks bridge and a point 5 metres north-east of the centre-line of the said bridge.

5.

The following roads at Baltinglass:—

6.

The following roads at Barndarrig:—

7.

The following roads at Blessington:—

8.

8.

The following roads at Brittas Bay:—

9.

9.

The following roads at Carnew:—

10.

10.

The following roads at Dunlavin:—

11.

11.

The following roads at Enniskerry:—

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

12.

12.

The following roads at Greystones and Delgany:—

All roads (other than the Greystones-Killincarrig road between a point 170 metres south of its junction with Killincarrig Road and a point 300 metres south-east of its junction with the Kilcoole road) which lie in the area enclosed by a line commencing at the point where the boundary between the townlands of Rathdown Upper and Rathdown Lower meets the High Water Mark and drawn thence in a general southerly direction along the High Water Mark to a point where the said Mark meets the boundary between the townlands of Killincarrig and Ballynerrin and thence in a straight line successively to the following points:—

13.

13.

The following roads at Kilcoole:—

14.

14.

The following road at Knockananna:—

The Knockananna-Carlow road between a point 36 metres west of its junction with the Tinahely-Rathdangan road and a point 336 metres west of the said junction.

15.

15.

The following roads at Laragh:—

16.

16.

The following roads at Newcastle:—

17.

17.

The following roads at Rathdrum:—

18.

18.

The following roads at Rathnew:—

All roads in the area enclosed by a line commencing at a point on the Newtownmountkennedy-Rathdrum road (National Road N11) 330 metres north-west of its junction with the Wicklow 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 Newtownmountkennedy-Rathdrum road (National Road N11).

19.

19.

The following roads at Roundwood:—

20.

20.

The following roads at Shillelagh:—

21.

21.

The following roads at Tinahely:—

22.

22.

The following roads adjacent to the urban district of Wicklow:—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

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

1.

The following roads at Ashford:—

2.

The following road at Baltinglass:—

The Tullow Road (National Road N81) between a point 275 metres south of its junction with Belan Street and a point 70 metres north-east of its junction with the Carlow Road at Bawnoge.

3.

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

The Upper Dargle or Wexford Road (National Road N11) between a point 9 metres south-west of its junction with the Lower Dargle Road and a point 310 metres south-west of the boundary of the urban district of Bray.

4.

The following roads at Carnew:—

5.

The following roads at Glenealy:—

6.

The following roads at Greystones and Delgany:—

7.

The following roads at Kilmacanogue:—

8.

The following roads at Newtownmountkennedy:—

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Roads in the County of Wicklow in respect of which a special speed limit of 50 miles per hour is prescribed.

The following road at Kilcroney, Bray:—

The Dublin-Wexford road (National Road N11) between a point 210 metres north of its junction with the Enniskerry Road and a point 380 metres south of the said junction.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

27th day of May, 1987.

PADRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations replace the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County of Wicklow) 1978 ( S.I. No. 31 of 1978 ) 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.

The Regulations also prescribe a speed limit of 50 miles per hour in respect of the public road mentioned in the Fourth Schedule.

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

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