Calls For M18 Contra-Flow System To Ease Gridlock After Collisions

Its claimed motorists are needlessly spending hours in gridlock traffic following collisions on the main route from Clare to Limerick. It comes amid calls for motorway gates to be installed on the M18/N18, which would be used to open contra-flow lanes in the event of major incidents. Between September and November last year, 41 collisions were recorded on the stretch alone. Cratloe Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat O'Gorman has been telling Clare FM's Éabha Brennan that too many people are stuck in their cars during these incidents without basic necesseties.