Rural speed limits drop to 60km/h today
A rural speed limit sign. Picture: RSA
Kilkenny County Council has erected additional signs to act "as a reminder" of the new speed limit changes with the rural speed limit sign to be present on some roads to avoid giving drivers a "target" speed.
Area Engineer John Tennyson informed councillors at the Piltown Municipal District meeting ahead of the change that the RSA had directed local councils to put the rural speed limit sign on all local secondary and tertiary roads.
“What we have done is that any road that is not a cul-de-sac or a boreen-type road gets the 60 [km/h sign],” he said noting that the rural speed limit sign is designed “not to give people a target to reach on a road”.
Mr Tennyson noted that “there may be confusion” with the speed limit changes.
“The regional roads are not changing – that’s the confusion – the regional roads have been 80 [km/h] and they’re not changing.”
The speed limit on rural and local roads has changed from 80km/h to 60km/h on Friday morning. The affected roads are designated with an “L” and are usually followed by a number.
Local authorities have received grant funding from the Department of Transport to purchase and install poles and signs to display the new speed limit on the relevant roads.
The rural speed limit sign (pictured) will now designate a maximum 60km/h limit in force.
