Current Road Notices.

Longford County Council wishes to bring to the notice of landowners and occupiers of land the potential hazards and dangers to road users of dung or urine from an animal owned by them, or any material which falls from a vehicle or machine owned, or used, by them, to be left on a public road. Subsection 10 (a) makes it an offence to deposit materials on a road or permit anything that falls from a vehicle to remain on a road so as to cause a hazard or potential hazard to road users or to obstruct or interfere with the safe use of the road.

A person guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine of up to €1269 or to imprisonment of up to six months or both. A Statutory Obligation is placed on landowners and occupiers to ensure that all deposited matter is removed from public roads.  Road Authorities can take action where they consider that a hazard exists and seek the costs from Landowners where the council have to carry out the work.

Any member of the public who is aware of a hazard or safety issue can contact Longford County Council on 043 3343341

The purpose of road signage is to direct, inform, warn and protect road users. Road signs are important to all users of roads – cyclists, pedestrians and drivers alike.
To report a fault with a road sign or marking please email roads@longfordcoco.ie.
When reporting a fault remember to give a specific location eg if  it is at a junction tell us the actual road name and/or townland.

Longford County Council wishes to bring to the notice of landowners and occupiers of land the potential hazards and dangers to road users where trees, shrubs, hedges or other vegetation are not maintained.

Subsection (1) requires that landowners or occupiers of land, take all necessary care to ensure that the structures on their land are not, or could not become, a danger to those using a public road or to somebody carrying out maintenance or improvement work on it.   Hedgerows along public roads that require cutting or trimming back should be cut immediately and all cuttings removed from the roads and verges.
Dead trees on the roadside are particularly dangerous and should be removed immediately.

Section 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended states that it shall be an offence for a person to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy during the period beginning on the 1st day of March and ending on the 31st day of August in any year, any vegetation growing on any land not then cultivated.

FAILURE TO COMPLY with this Notice is an offence under Section 70 - Sub-Section 7 of the Act. A person guilty of such an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine of up to €1269 or to imprisonment of up to six months or both.

A Statutory Obligation is placed on landowners and occupiers to ensure that roadside structures, trees, shrubs, etc., do not present a danger to road users.  Road Authorities can take action where they consider that a hazard exists and seek the costs from Landowners where the council have to carry out the work.

Any member of the public who is aware of a hazard or safety issue can contact Longford County Council on 043 3343341

Re:  L-5177-0 From Crossea Cross to Co. Boundary at Crossea South Longford County Council hereby declares that it has made an Order to restrict vehicles, the unladen weight of which exceeds 3 Tonne from using the abovementioned road. This restriction shall not apply where it is necessary for such a vehicle to enter the road solely for the purpose of gaining access to or exit from premises accessible only from that road.