A Newry parent has warned speeding drivers using a residential road like a "race track" will "injure or kill a child" if safety measures are not introduced.
The Barley Lane area of the city is bookended by two local schools in the city with a children's play park located in-between.
The risk to children's safety has previously been highlighted in the community with 'slow down' warning posters in the street, though people in the neighbourhood say drivers are ignoring the signs and continuing to speed.
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Concerned father, Ryan McAllister said: "I've been looking for speed ramps up by Barley Lane on Courtney Hill for some time now.
"It's like a race track with cars, lorries and vans speeding past and children playing in the park along that road, they are going to seriously injure or kill a child playing there.
"The slow down signs on the lampposts are no good, the people driving don't even look at them they just keep flying on."
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in an email to a local rep, has refused to consider new road safety measures at the location of "reasonable safety".
However, the newly elected Newry, Mourne and Down District Council member is now demanding an on-site report by the road authority.
