Jack Wall
Ceist:361 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has regarding the upgrading of speed control signs [7844/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 9 March 2004
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Freagraí scríofa
A broadly based working group established last year to review speed limit policies against the backdrop of the adoption of metric values for speed limits, has presented a comprehensive report that incorporates a wide range of recommendations. The report is available on my Department's website and copies have been placed in the Oireachtas Library.
The working group recommended that with the changeover to metric values that each speed limit sign should display the actual speed limit value in numerals together with the units "kmh" to clearly indicate that the value being displayed is metric. Recommendations were also made in relation to the sign face size to be deployed on the various classes of public road and in relation to speed limit repeater signage.
In addition, it was recommended that a regulatory basis be developed for the use of time-based speed limit signs, gantry mounted signs, on-road roundel signs and variable message signs to support the application of the new speed limit structure.
I have given very careful consideration to the working group's recommendations. I intend to bring forward the necessary legislative proposals needed to support new speed limit structures based on the working group's report before the Oireachtas shortly. Arrangements will then follow to put appropriate traffic signs regulatory provisions in place.