COMMUNITY NOTES: FOXFORD - WESTERN PEOPLE (DECEMBER 23 EDITION)
The past week has seen a camera system installed that overlooks the N26/N58 junction in the middle of the town to monitor traffic. It comes after a threat made earlier this year that Foxford residents were prepared to stage a protest and block the pedestrian crossing in the town because of the dangers posed.
Cllr Neil Cruise had raised the issue at a meeting of Mayo County Council in July where he described as “unbelievable”, the speed at which vehicles are passing through Foxford. He cited the hazards posed by the speed and also the “lack of visibility” at the pedestrian crossing, with Director of Services Tom Gilligan at that time acknowledging there were issues and that the crossing needed to be raised for visibility, but that he was unable to give a timeline as to works.
