Renewed appeal over crossing which claimed Mayo man's life

A renewed appeal has been made for action on a dangerous pedestrian crossing which claimed a person's life last year.

Senator Mark Duffy elaborated: "It is now more than a year since a tragedy occurred at a the crossing on the Crossmolina Road, Ballina.

"There was a fatality but a life was also saved thanks to the heroism of James Moyles, who protected his niece from tragedy.

"This has been raised continuously by councillors at a local council level.

"We have been pleading with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for an assessment to be carried out and for the junction to be made safe.

"This also ties in with a neighbourhood that has been identified for a safe routes to school project.

"We have had consultant after consultant, plan after plan and talk after talk but zero action on the road to improve safety.

"One life has already been lost at a really dangerous junction. We have been begging and pleading for something to be done.

"What more needs to be done too move to the stage of actual action?

"It is another example of centralised systems within TII, in that a tragedy has happened but it takes years for action even thought there is full agreement among councillors, engineers and staff on the ground on the urgent need to improve safety at this junction.

"I ask that there be urgent action taken on this and that, in general, we have more functions devolved from TII to local authorities to allow them to improve safety for communities and neighbourhoods across the country.

"I thank the Moyles family for working with me on raising this issue in memory of James."