Disappointment expressed after speed survey fails to reflect concerns outside Tipperary school

Motion calls for renewed push for traffic calming funding despite survey showing speeds within limit outside school in Tipperary

A Tipperary councillor has expressed disappointment following speed survey results carried out in relation to a primary school in Tipperary.

A motion was brought before this month’s Municipal District meeting for Tipperary/Cahir/Cashel, by Fine Gael Cllr Mary Hanna Hourigan, calling for a speed survey outside Clonoulty National School due to ongoing community concerns about traffic safety at school drop off and pick up times.

The councillor said she accepted the findings of a council speed survey carried out in Clonoulty village, which recorded a speed of 50 km/h (in line with the posted limit) and an average speed of 42 km/h.

However, she questioned whether the results fully reflected the everyday experience of the community.

“I know there’s excessive speed there,” she stated, adding that parents and teachers “would all tell you that there’s a problem there,” but also acknowledged that she could not dispute the formal survey results.

The motion was seconded by Fine Gael Cllr Declan Burgess, who noted that Clonoulty had not benefited from funding under the low cost safety scheme and that residents had been calling for traffic calming measures for close to a decade. He also described the school drop-off environment as “quite dangerous,” based on his own experience there.

Fine Gael Cllr John Crosse also supported the call to put forward the village for funding to introduce traffic calming in the village.