Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
<h3>Key data that will help both Kerry County Council and the National Roads Design Office make decisions on the preferred route for the new Farranfore to Killarney road was gathered this week in two separate locations.</h3>
On Wednesday motorists travelling between Killarney and Farranfore were interviewed just outside the village by consultants from the Nationwide Data Collection (NDC).
 NDC also conducted the same survey on Tuesday in the Lissivigeen area.
 Both surveys lasted 24 hours from 7am each day with motorists channelled into a checkpoint style road block. With the assistance of an Garda S&iacute;och&aacute;na, Nationwide Data Collection were able to ask questions of motorists.
 &ldquo;The surveys are underway this week and do entail being interviewed by our consultants,&#8221; said a Kerry County Council spokesperson.
 &#8220;The Gardai are present at the interview locations for increased traffic management purposes. The purpose of the interview is to gather trip information from the passing vehicles to inform the traffic modellers about the typical trips taken by the vehicles in the survey area. This information will feed into the planning process for the new road.&rdquo;

Motorists interviewed for new road survey

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