Wexford Diary: Driving motorists around the bend

Wednesday April 22 2009

ANYONE who has been stuck, fuming behind the queue of traffic at Ferrycarrig Bridge waiting for cars in front to turn right on to the N11 will be only too aware of the visibility problem caused by the fence erected around the parapets.

At driver's height, you just can't see safely up to the right unless you pull your car forward until you are almost out on the road, making the dangerous right turn even more risky, crossing as it does two lanes of traffic.

We are not experts in these matters but surely the simplest solution would beto make the turn on to the N11 from Park a left-turn only.

This would add a couple of minutes to your journey as you would have to drive up to the Barntown roundabout and then come back again to cross the bridge, but it would be much, much safer (and probably quicker) than the existing perilous right turn.

We don't know whether a safety audit has been carried out at this T-junction since the new fence was erected when repairs were carried out to the bridge last year, but the problem fairly obvious and, we boldly suggest, easily solved.