Members of a local community action group has met with Donegal County Council and Traffic Infrastructure Ireland to discuss ongoing speeding issues at a local school.
Parents and staff at Illistrin National School outside Letterkenny are concerned over speeding motorists outside the school.
A recent meeting of parents and local public representatives heard concerns that it is only a matter of time that a serious accident takes place unless action is taken.
Suggestions of a periodic speed limit being introduced outside the school received a general welcome.
Members of the Illistrin Action group, including teachers and parents, yesterday met with the council and the TII to observe issues of concern.
The groups spent up to an hour on site observing the ‘on the ground’ issues facing children and their parents at the school.
The groups then gathered at the local council offices where they met with Councillors Ciaran Brogan, Gerry McMonagle and Michael McBride to discuss the issues.
Cllr Brogan told Donegal Daily that he was pleased to be able to see the issues facing the school, children and parents as they were happening “on the ground.”
He said he was hopeful that ‘periodic speed limit’ signs could be set up at the school in the New Year.
And he said he hoped the role-out of the periodic speed limit at Illistrin school could become a model for other schools who did such measures across the county.
“I think it is very important that parents and teachers see that the various bodies are on the ground and are taking this matter seriously.
“I think the situation at Illistrin can serve as a role model for schools across the county in similar situations,” said councillor Brogan.
