Grey Day For Buncrana

Pardon the pun, but it is well intended.

Almost 30 years of congestion has dogged the seaside town of Buncrana and turned it into a nightmare for all commuters, visitors and commercial vendors.

If Buncrana traffic was a heart disease, it would need a bypass and possibly a main artery replacement.

When this abysmal traffic system was introduced all those years ago, it was an experimental exercise by the Gardai, and was to be reviewed after a year.

The town councillors overlooked their responsibility to make any changes after the year was up and left it to the Gardai, which is why it’s the sorry state we find ourselves in today.

At that time businessmen, John O’Donnell and Jackie Crossan carried out extensive surveys and the overwhelming result was that it would see the “death of the town centre”.

I suggest few people in the town today would disagree with that outcome.

Why are we being subjected to this mayhem, when it is blatantly clear that it is farcical and detrimental to the prosperity of the town.

Visitors are being forced out of the town by way of St. Mary’s road, and fail to experience a Buncrana welcome.

Morning after morning, the traffic is backed right out to the big hole, gridlocked at Wilson’s Bridge and turns St. Mary’s road into a car park.

The Garda fail to conduct any form of control or supervision and let the disarray prevail.

Equally the local councillors of our town will not engage, as they don’t see the political capital in it for themselves.

It is time for the town’s people to take charge again and to make Buncrana work for its citizens and its business.

Have your say and send your comments to The Wee Free Paper and we will forward your opinions on to the relative authorities.