The council has clarified that the 30 km/h limit will not be examined in the immediate phase, focusing instead on the broader implementation of these new defaults.
The implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in school zones will not be considered in the current phase of Kildare County Council's speed limit review.
Despite increasing calls for enhanced road safety measures around schools, a recent report from the Department of Transport outlines a new set of default speed limits that will be introduced over the next year.
These include 30 km/h speed limits for urban areas, 60 km/h for rural local roads, and 80 km/h for national secondary roads.
However, the council has clarified that the 30 km/h limit will not be examined in the immediate phase, focusing instead on the broader implementation of these new defaults.
Provisional commencement dates for the new limits are set for the end of November 2024 for rural local roads, with urban and national secondary road limits following in early 2025.
The council insists that they need to follow national processes before reassessing the situation.
"We need to work through the delivery defined by the national processes in the first instance and then assess what remains to be addressed once the work related to the introduction of the default limits is complete," a spokesperson for the council said.
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