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By Sean Moriarty

A long-awaited traffic management plan for O’Sullivan’s Place has been published by Kerry County Council.

Residents are concerned for their own safety after a notable increase in traffic through the area’s narrow streets.

Motorists use the lanes as a way of avoiding traffic queues that build up on St Anne’s Road and continue down Lewis Road, particularly at peak times and during the busy summer months.

The issue was raised at the November meeting of the Killarney Municipal District and since then Council officials have prepared a draft traffic plan that can be viewed by members of the public at Killarney Town Hall.

The main point of the proposed plan is a new ‘No Entry’ from St Anne’s Road to O’Sullivan’s Place.

There are also proposals to reduce the width of the streets in the estate and increase the width of the footpaths there.

Cllr Donal Grady was one of several elected members who has pushed for the traffic management plan in the area.

“I welcome it,” he said. “The people are suffering and something needs to be done.”

Plans can be viewed at the town hall up to 5pm on March 27.