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Infrastructure and Services
- Introduction
- Transportation Overview
- Transport Issues
- Transport Strategy
- Transport Policy
- Service Provision
- Power and Telecommunications
- Development Contributions
- Specific Service Objectives
7.2 Current Transport Issues
- Statistics from the Mid-western Health Board show that there are 1,878 people registered with physical and sensory disabilities, and it is projected that registration will rise to approximately 4,000 by 2009.
- A survey carried by the County Development Board revealed that almost 4,000 people have an unmet demand for a good rural transport system.
- Random development on local roads with increased numbers of houses leading to demands for public lighting, footpaths, traffic signs, speed controls etc.
- Tertiary roads with an average width of 4 metres or less need to be widened if more than 3 houses are built. The cost of land acquisition is a factor to be considered.
- Surface water run-off to land from local/regional roads is being interfered with by new developments placing an onus on the local authority to provide drainage systems.
- Requests for surfacing of local roads after houses have been constructed with no additional funds available to the Council.
- Many rural junctions have poor sight distance/visibility splays with demands for improvements.
- Long term difficulties (EU regulations) with regard to sewage and water quality in rural areas leading to the need for new underground infrastructure and trenching of roads.
- In flood prone land, development, particularly housing, to be a minimum of 300mm above centre-line of roads where there is potential for flooding.
- With regard to new housing developments, the capacity of the housing scheme drains should be designed to carry surface water run-off from the road. If surface water from the development is to run into the road drains, the road system may need upgrading. All design calculations are to be provided as part of the planning application.
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