Its time to walk the walk in Westport

Its time to walk the walk in Westport and bring in proper pedestrian crossings.  For years we have had "courtesy crossings" which are supposed to be where motorists stop and allow people to cross the roads.  Problem is that motorists are often far from courteous to pedestrians even though the pedestrian has the legal right to cross the street over that of the motorist's right to drive through the town.

For years there has been real resistance from the executive towards bringing in "Zebra" crossings or even traffic light crossings.  I suspect that this is because the main streets of the town ie Castlebar Street, Bridge Street and Shop Street are in fact part of the N5 a national route, which shamefully, still runs through the centre of our beautiful Georgian town.  This traffic flow is slow at the best of times and pedestrian crossings will slow it even more.  Our promised bypasses have come to nothing to date.

But it is time to bite the bullet and I will be introducing a formal motion on "Zebra" crossings before the May meeting of Westport Town Council.  

Its time to Walk the Walk!