Mixed views on plans for static speed camera in Kilkenny
The speed camera will be installed on a stretch of road in South Kilkenny
A plan to install a new static speed camera on a stretch of road in South Kilkenny has been met with a mixed reaction from elected officials.
The new static speed camera is scheduled to be installed before the end of Quarter 1 of 2025 on the N25 between Glenmore and Luffany.
It will be one of nine new static speed cameras installed nationwide, funded from the garda budget at a total overall cost of approximately €2.4 million.
Amongst those responding to an update on the camera from Area Engineer John Tennyson at this month’s area meeting of Piltown Municipal District was Cllr Tomás Breathnach.
He asked if councillors ‘can be made aware of baseline speeds’ on the stretch of road in question before the camera’s installation as well as be provided with ‘progress updates on how it has impacted speeds’.
The Area Engineer confirmed that it would be possible to carry out a speed survey before its installation and one after.
Cllr Ger Frisby was skeptical of the concept of a static speed camera in the area, and argued that an average speed camera would be better.
“Everyone will slow down coming up to it and speed up again once past it,” he said.
“An average speed camera would be better around that area with the number of dangerous bends.”
Cllr Fidelis Doherty highlighted the large number of road turn offs both right and left from Luffany to the Rhu Glenn roundabout, and welcomed additional safety measures in the area.
The locations for these new static speed cameras were chosen based on fatal and serious injury collision data from the last seven years and speed data, as well as feedback from stakeholders.