Boat "destroyed by bollard"

Bollards in Manorhamiton have caused damage to cars in the town, said Cllr Padraig Fallon when he asked the council if there were any plans to remove any of the bollards recently installed at the library corner.

He said that, in his view, all that was required was the removal of four bollards and the "evidence was there" that they were a hazard to turning vehicles. 
"I've been behind cars with small trailers trying to turn and seen the bus struggling to get around it. I've also seen somebody with a boat trailer hit the bollard."

He added that the bollards have needed to be "repaired or replaced at least a dozen times" in the last month and "I've seen photographs from individuals of damage done to their cars" adding that the man with the boat trailer "destroyed his boat."

The official response was that recent work on this junction took place as part of a much larger public realm improvement works scheme in Manorhamilton town. 
"The design standards utilised for the Manorhamilton scheme was predominately DMURS given its urban environs. The Design Consultants undertook "swept path analysis at this junction"  which all worked fine and that "larger vehicles, such as a rigid truck (10m long) and an articulated truck (16.48m long) are diverted right on the Carrick-on-Shannon approach which corresponds with the existing signage at the junction. Leitrim County Council is satisfied with the design and layout of the junction."

Cllr Fallon said he was "sure the analysis carried out by consultants here was flawed" with Cllr Felim Gurn saying that "engineers have to realise that what's on a plan and what's reality are two different things" and that he had observed issues with the bollards also. 

It was decided the situation would be monitored.