Final Lecarrow Village Design Statement - Roscommon County ...

LECARROW VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT
There is a Biodiversity farm in the area
(near the old school) and the surrounding
landscape is well suited to walking and
cycling with views of Lough Ree along the
road to St John’s Wood and Rindoon
Castle nearby.
Table 1: Local Services and Facilities
Roads
Entrance to Rindoon Castle
Lecarrow Precast
D.N.D. Designs
Consulting Engineers
Direct Medical Ltd.
Medical Supplies
Murphy's Limestone
Quarry
Broadband
Bus Service
St John's Athletics Club
St John's National
School
St John's Catholic
Church
Local Businesses
Local Services
Community Facilities
Kelly's Bar
Coffey's Bar &
Grocery
Coffey's Agri Supplies
Whelan's Limestone
Quarry
Bin Collection
Recycling Facilities
St John's Community
Hall
Glanduff National
School
Macra na Feirme
Although traffic flow along the N61 is not
a major issue in Lecarrow, turning out onto
this road, from the village, can be
extremely dangerous. The width and view
of the L7609 road, where it joins the N61
at Killiaghan bridge, is particularly blind
when turning from the Roscommon
direction onto this road.
There is also an issue with speeding along
the L2007 local road which passes along
the length of the village and past St. John’s
National School. Many members of the
community feel that the speed limit on this
road, from the village to the school, should
be reduced, and traffic calming measures
put in place throughout the village core.
The main road through Lecarrow Village
A welcome addition would be public
footpaths and a better quality road surface
to the main village area. The road surface
is currently substandard and uneven which
not only presents a poor image of the
village to tourists but is dangerous to
drivers, cyclists and pedestrians using this
road.
It is also considered that a footpath from
the soccer pitches to St. John’s National
School is essential as pupils regularly use
the pitches for games and walk and cycle
on the road.
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