Donegal County Council can confirm that improvements are to be carried out at two key road junctions in Buncrana.
Traffic Signal installations are to proceed at the junction of the Causeway Road with the R238 Cockhill Road as well as at the Illies Road junction with the R238 Carndonagh/Clonmany Road at the Cockhill Bridge.
The Councillors of the Inishowen Electoral Area Committee allocated funding to both locations in 2008 and designs were progressed by the Council’s Roads Dept.
At the Causeway Road junction the proposed signals will aim to provide improved capacity through the junction and have been designed to reduce queues, improve safety and improve pedestrian facility, and will incorporate a pedestrian crossing on the Cockhill Road.
At the Cockhill Bridge the proposals aim to address the concerns raised by residents relating to pedestrian safety (in particular to allow pedestrians to safely cross the bridge) while also addressing the traffic safety and priority issues presented by the narrow bridge.
The junction layouts were designed by Donegal County Council, while the Traffic Signal layout and control systems were designed by Siemens Traffic Controls, Belfast - one of the leading specialists in Traffic Signals in the UK & Ireland.
Works are due to commence in the coming weeks and the plans for both locations may be viewed by contacting Donegal County Council Roads Section at Carndonagh PSC or at the Civic Offices, Buncrana.