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Illegal and inconsiderate parking and the difficulties and access issues raised by parking on footpaths and blocking entrances will be at the centre of National Accessibility Week in Galway.

A new traffic management plan for Headford will give the residents a chance to highlight road safety concerns, ease congestion, and make footpaths more accessible to pedestrians and the disabled.

Labour party councillor Sean O’ hArgáin has once again called for the pedestrian crossing at Greensbridge in Kilkenny to be removed and relocated to a safer spot.

Roadworks are under way on the Ballymoneen Road as a new footpath is being constructed south of the entrance to Ashleigh Grove.

A man was fined €150 for hitting an eight-year-old school child with his vehicle at a pedestrian crossing on Stephen Street.

Efforts to improve road conditions on Newpark Drive have finally got under way.

The Ballymoneen Road is no wider that 12 feet in some places meaning two vehicles are barely able to pass each other while pedestrians risk their lives because there are no footpaths.

Castlebar Town Council candidate, Stephen Lavelle, has raised the issue of the danger to pedestrians using the roadway through Castle St Car park. “I have observed the danger to pedestrians and people pushing pushchairs attempting to walk along the road while traffic passes in both directions,” he said.

Today sees the launch of the Galway City Council’s new access awareness advertising campaign as part of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.