Council squares up to truckers - Meath Chronicle
Council squares up to truckers - Meath Chronicle:More on Enfield tolling situation. Meath County Council seems to be taking a stronger line on this one but will believe a ban when I see it. Road Hauliers rightly refer to Drogheda replayed and TD expresses fears regarding tolling of M3. Looking forward to outcome of protests for hauliers in New Year.
"The council is already looking at other places where a ban on trucks is being implemented, Colr Carey revealed. Enfield had turned a blind eye to truckers going through the village for the past three years as the motorway construction was going on, as the traffic on the ring road was quite heavy as well.
“But now, everyone’s patience is exhausted,” Colr Carey added. “Enfield has gone through five years of hell and it’s time to give the
village back to the people,” he added.
About one-third of the trucks that used the N4 were now using the motorway, and not the fifty per cent claimed by the operators of the toll booth, Colr Carey said. Meath County Council director of infrastructure, Eugene Cummins, described the truckers going through Enfield as “mischievous and rude” and said they may be putting lives at risk, especially children’s.
Jimmy Quinn of the IRHA described the situation in Enfield as “total action replay Drogheda” where hauliers were being priced off the motorway. The M4 charge is set to rise to E6.20 in the new year, the most expensive in the country for the haulage industry.
However, he added that drivers should not be going through Enfield, and should be using the ring road. Mr Quinn described as"
posted by FPL @ 11:37 AM
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IRHA are going to blockade the M4 on Monday, 16 January, starting at 7am
http://clonard.org/2006/01/06/truckers-to-blockade-the-m4/
http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0106/roads.html
John
Recently I was driving through Julianstown on my way home to Bettystown and the driver behind kept flashing me because I was doing the 30mph speed limit!! when I turned for laytown he blasted his horn and increased his speed to about 50mph before leaving the village. This is not the first time I have been bully driven through Julianstown, quite frankly I am sick of it happening. I'd love to put up a big sign saying 'can't you read!!'
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