Motorists struggling with visibility on national road in Leitrim due to lack of lighting

Drivers are having difficulties driving at night on parts of the N4 due to a lack of streetlighting, leading to calls for lighting to be installed.

At April’s meeting of Carrick-on-Shannon Municipal District, Cllr Irene Guckian-Rabbitte asked that Leitrim County Council contact the TII to install streetlights to light up the turn-off for Jamestown on the N4 to improve the safety of all road users at night.

“It can be quite hard to see. You’re on a turn and you’re going down on a road that goes into two turns,” said Cllr Guckian-Rabbitte.

She told the meeting that it has been mentioned to her on numerous occasions that if you’re coming from Carrick there are two arrows and some people have made the mistake of nearly turning with the first arrow and meeting traffic coming out of Jamestown.

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“It’s hard to gauge where you’re going and where the road is. You can’t see the markings of the road and it takes a bit of study to know where you’re going,” she added, also noting that two lights would do a lot around that area.

Her motion was seconded by Cllr Maeve Reynolds, who added that when coming from the Dublin direction there are lights at various locations but none at the Drumsna junction, where there is a turn-off for a regional road, and no lights at Jamestown.

“It’s very dangerous for anyone driving at night. We really need to push for those two busy junctions to be lit up,” she commented.

The motion was also supported by Cllrs McGowan, Stenson and Flynn. “They’re all dangerous junctions and could need lights,” said Cllr Flynn, adding that the Leitrim road needs to be included.

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It was confirmed that Leitrim County Council will forward the request to the TII for their consideration.