Dear East Meath Resident, Attached is a note of a meeting between JDCA representatives and Mr. Nicholas Whyatt of MCC to establish the position regarding the implementation of traffic calming measures in Julianstown, which is self explanatory. As you can see MCC have design capacity problems regarding this project. It has been indicated that progress […]
In a briefing released under FOI legislation Transport Infrastructure Ireland has finally admitted that the M1 motorway was never intended to solve the traffic problems in Julianstown. The briefing, prepared for Deputy Imelda Munster, analysed the effect of removing the Donore Road sliproad tolls. These tolls are a bone of contention for the retail parks […]
May saw a huge increase in traffic on Julianstown Main Street as house building starts anew in the East Meath region. Equipment maintained by Transport Infrastructure Ireland next to the primary school in the historic East Meath village counted an average of 21,313 vehicles per day including 22,263 per weekday when commuters travel to and from […]
We have just be provided with a report commissioned by Transport Infrastructure Ireland into what effect removing the tolls on the slip roads at Donore would have. The report was released to the NGO Right to Know and passed to us. While the report concludes that tolling should not be removed, it acknowledges that overall […]
Mid-morning on Good Friday, in the space of five minutes, 9 HGVs go through Main Street Julianstown, many speeding. Big shout out to the Gain Feeds driver barrelling down the hill who slammed on the brakes when he saw he was being photographed
In welcome news Councillor Sharon Tolan has revealed that Meath Co Co has agreed to spend €300k over the next year or two on traffic management infrastructure and will progress planning for a by-pass of the village. After intense lobbying by locals, the penny has dropped with the local authority that the renewed housing construction […]
Julianstown and District Community Association has made a detailed submission to Meath County Council calling for effective measures to tackle environmental degradation in Julianstown and calling on the local authority to adopt policies and objectives which will improve Julianstown as a community and village in particular the local community group wants the county development plan […]
Juliantown and District Community Association today lodged an observation on an appeal to An Bord Pleanála against a decision by Meath County Council to grant planning permission for an Aldi store at Strand Road Laytown. The observation points out that the new store will cause 4 additional articulated lorry trips on Main Street Julianstown and […]
The population of East Meath has more than doubled since the turn of the century but no road infrastructure has been built and a population larger than Navan is supported by a road network that hasn’t changed since the 19th century. One of the results of this is that Julianstown one of the most picturesque […]