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KILLARNEY ADVERTISER welcomes news that a solution could be near for the accident blackspot at the Lewis Road junction on the N22 Killarney Bypass. We have tirelessly spearheaded the campaign for action at this danger junction throughout this year and now Transport Infrastructure Ireland has confirmed it will fund the development of planning and design for an appropriate solution at the junction.

In recent weeks we opened up debate again in the wake of several accidents at the blackspot.

The Mayor of Killarney Municipal District Cllr Niall Kelleher and Suzanne Dennehy, the sister of Annette Mannix, who tragically lost her life in an accident on the Killarney Bypass in May, delivered petitions to the Department of Transport and to Transport Infrastructure Ireland in recent weeks. The petitions bore thousands of signatures calling for action.

TII has approved a feasibility study to be carried out by Kerry County Council. Kerry TD Martin Ferris welcomed the development this morning. “I hope that this will be the kickstart to this dangerous junction finally getting the necessary works to make it safer for all who use this road on a daily basis,” he said.

Mayor of Killarney Municipal District Niall Kelleher said he hoped to see the solution delivered in 2018. “I am absolutely thrilled, I and the people of Killarney got behind the campaign that has led to TII actually taking notice of what we have to say,” Mayor Kelleher told Killarney Advertiser.