Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-18
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Martin Daly (FF), Roscommon-Galway

I thank the Tánaiste for his considered response. I reiterate the importance of this N61 route in County Roscommon, which also serves parts of east Galway and south-east Mayo, to make connectivity to the motorway at Athlone as well as the interconnection with a number of other national routes east-west along its route. I would also point out the very significant heavy volume of traffic especially between Athlone and Roscommon through the villages of Knockcroghery and Kiltoom, which represent a safety issue. There are traffic-calming measures at very many points on this national secondary route, which bring down the speed limits to 50 km/h which affects ease of access for traffic between Athlone and Sligo. We now have traffic congestion in Roscommon, which is something we could not have conceived of as a county town, at pinch points at rush hour. That is something I never thought I would hear myself say about Roscommon town and Boyle but there are tailbacks going into both towns.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-18