Various traffic calming measures have been announced to provide safe routes for children walking, cycling and scooting to three schools across Dundalk, County Louth.

The measures will also target to reduce traffic speeds, provide safe pedestrian crossings for vulnerable road users and those with reduced mobility and improve accessibility.

The extent of work is on the existing carriageway with no works outside the existing road/verge/footpath footprint, and primarily consists of:

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• New road markings;

• New footpaths/cycleways;

• Bus stops;

• Ramps at signalised junctions;

• Installation of traffic signals;

• Dowelled in bollards;

• Kerb cuts, ramp accesses and small sections of footpath to connect into the existing footpath;

• Improvement in markings, tactiles and signage for footpaths;

• Temporary traffic management during the works and associated works.

The three schools which will avail of these works are Bellurgan National School, Dundalk, Callystown National School, Clogherhead, Drogheda, and St Mary's National School, Knockbridge, Dundalk.