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They just couldn’t leave it alone, could they? It was there tempting them for many years. They stopped and stared at it, wondering what a mess it was, how it could be solved. And this week, they went for the jugular.

The new Briarhill Junction, which has replaced the former roundabout, has been completed on time and on budget, and will be operational from today.

Works at the roundabout beside Tesco in Castlebar have been welcomed this week by Sinn Fein councillor Therese Ruane.

The new junction at Briarhill is to open on Thursday December 8 and City Hall believes it will make a significant difference to motorists with fewer delays and allowing traffic to flow more freely.

The Saturday Forum programme on CRC 102.9 fm this week is devoted to a discussion on road safety. Presenter Stephen Burns will have a number of guests in studio including Noel Brett, chief executive, Road Safety Authority, Garda Sergeant Donie Duignan, Mayo Divisional Traffic Corps, and Michael Mongan, senior roads engineer, Mayo County Council.

A speeding issue which is plaguing road users in Ballinrobe and which hasn’t been tackled by Mayo County Council despite local representations, will be a local councillor’s number one priority for the 2012 road works programme.

Allowing City Hall to operate the forthcoming new urban traffic control system was this week compared to Idi Amin’s bizarre running of Uganda in the 1970s.

Providing some form of traffic management at the bottom of Killyon Hill is not at the top of Athlone Town Council’s list of priorities at present, it has emerged.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane is calling for roundabouts in Castlebar to revert to standard. A long campaigner on this issue, she insists that people have had enough, that this is a road safety issue and it’s time to bring Castlebar roundabouts in line with the rest of the country. She is seeking the backing of members of Castlebar Town Council at the next council meeting for this issue to be addressed once and for all.

Road safety is of paramount concern, so Mayo County Council's Road Safety Officer has issued an appeal to candidates who are contesting the upcoming Presidential election when erecting election posters. “Driver distraction has a negative impact on road safety and so only essential signage should appear,” said Mr Noel Gibbons.