Road Traffic (Bollards and Ramps) Regulations, 1988

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 32/1988

S.I. No. 32 of 1988.

ROAD TRAFFIC (BOLLARDS AND RAMPS) REGULATIONS, 1988.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 101 A (inserted by section 9 of the Dublin Transport Authority (Dissolution) Act, 1987 (No. 34 of 1987)) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Bollards and Ramps) Regulations, 1988. 2. In these Regulations:—

"the Act" means the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961);

"the Act of 1968" means the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968);

"bollard" has the meaning assigned to it by section 101 A of the Act;

"dual carriageway" has the meaning assigned to it by article 2(1) of the Regulations of 1962;

"footway" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the Act;

"the Minister" means the Minister for the Environment;

"national road" means a road declared by order to be a national road under section 2 of the Local Government (Roads and Motorways Act, 1974 (No. 6 of 1974);

"omnibus" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the Act;

"pedestrian crossing" has the meaning assigned to it by article 2(1) of the Regulations of 1962;

"ramp" has the meaning assigned to it by section 101 A of the Act;

"the Regulations of 1962" means the Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations, 1962 ( S.I. No. 171 of 1962 );

"road authority" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the Act;

"roadway" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(1) of the Act;

"school warden" has the meaning assigned to it by section 96(1) of the Act as amended by section 6 of the Act of 1968. 3. Where a road authority proposes to provide or remove a bollard or ramp, the notice of the proposal required to be given pursuant to section 101 A (4) (a) of the Act shall be given by publication of the matters referred to in the said section 101 A (4) (a) in a daily newspaper circulating in the functional area of the road authority. 4. (1) The notice of a decision in relation to a proposal to provide or remove a bollard or ramp required to be given pursuant to section 101 A (4) (b) of the Act shall be given by publication of the matters referred to in the said section 101 A (4) (b) in a daily newspaper circulating in the functional area of the road authority.

(2) Where the decision made involves the provision or removal of a bollard or ramp, the notice shall be published prior to the commencement of the relevant works. 5. (1) The provision of bollards by a road authority shall be in accordance with the requirements set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) The provision of ramps by a road authority shall be in accordance with the requirements set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Requirements in relation to the provision of bollards

1. Bollards provided on a roadway shall be so spaced that the width between any two bollards shall be not less than 60 centimetres and not more than 70...