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AN East Clare school has called for new traffic calming measures to make it safer for children to cross a very busy regional road. Raheen Wood Community National School principal, Alan Tuohy said the new pedestrian walkway from Ogonnelloe to Tuamgraney has made the whole area around the school more accessible. He pointed out, however, that it was difficult for children and parents to cross the regional road outside the school, which has an 80kph speed limit. He has called on Clare County Council to reduce the speed limit from 80 to 50 kilometres per hour for 500 metres and introduce a new pedestrian crossing for health and safety reasons. “Any school should have a 50 kph speed limit outside the school grounds. It was an oversight when the new greenway was being designed that this speed limit reduction didn’t take place,” said Mr Tuohy. “The new greenway is brilliant but if parents want to take their children out of …
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