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The elected members of the Castlebar Municipal District are waiting to hear the observations from locals and community groups in Breaffy on a report putting forward a number of options, before they decide on what steps to take next in their pursuit of the lowering of the speed limit in the village.

Councillors have expressed fears that the proposals for speed limits and increases they rejected this week will come back to them unchanged, leaving Galway with little ability to create speed limits suitable for different areas of the city.

Only four housing estates in Galway county will be put forward for an introduction of a 30km/h speed limit in 2020.

Investment and not just policing is needed in communities

The elected members of the West Mayo Municipal District have taken the first steps to changing the speed limit in two different locations along the N59 from Westport to Mulranny.

The Galway County Council has adopted new special speed limits for specific housing estates throughout the county at Monday’s monthly meeting at County Hall.

Every year there are hundreds of incursions into roadworks which put road workers lives at risk and lead to deaths and serious injury - this has spurred one local authority to act.

Two high definition CCTV cameras have been installed at a location on the upgrade of the N60 at Lagnamuck, Balla, in a bid to crack down on motorists breaking traffic lights and speeding through the roadworks site.

Motorists are being advised to pay attention to new speed limit signage erected on Mayo roads. Changes have been made to speed limits throughout Mayo with a view to improving road safety.

Bye-laws adopted by the Galway County Council this week, and which come into effect on Friday March 1, will see 80kmph speed limits on some roads reduced to 60kmph.