Construction Workers Help “Stuck” Artic Lorry Driver In Mullingar

Wednesday, 4 September 2019 15:00

Construction workers in Mullingar had to come to the assistance of an artic lorry driver who got stuck due to road works in the town.

The driver was turning right from Mount Street onto Pearse Street.

A video on the Mullingar News and Views page shows the difficult maneuver.

According to the post an eye witness who took the video said, “there was very little room for the articulated lorry to swing right.”

The eyewitness also pointed out that, “the space is very limited for the articulated lorry turning at the Apex on the top of Mount Street resulting in the Lorry getting stuck and unable to complete the turn”

“The new poles that had been erected were causing problems as they appeared to be too close to the lorry . Also the Black plastic planter boxes were very much in the way of the lorry trying to turn. The boxes had to be forcible moved out of the way but even then the lorry had no choice but to mount the Newly enhanced. footpath.”

Tight Turn At Top Of Mount Street
TIGHT TURN AT TOP OF MOUNT STREET The enhancement works are nearing completion but looking at this video the trouble is only beginning to start. An articulated lorry got stuck yesterday 4th September 2019 while turning right at the top of Mount Street heading towards Pearse Street. An eye witness who took the video said that " there was very little room for the articulated lorry to swing right. The eyewitness also pointed out that, " the space is very limited for the articulated lorry turning at the Apex on the top of Mount Street resulting in the Lorry getting stuck and unable to complete the turn" " The New poles that had been erected were causing problems as they appeared to be too close to the lorry . Also the Black plastic planter boxes were very much in the way of the lorry trying to turn. The boxes had to be forcible moved out of the way but even then the lorry had no choice but to mount the Newly enhanced. footpath, " Luckily construction workers from Careys PLC were on hand to guide the articulate lorry safely around the corner. But as the saying goes, they won't always be there. Its also interesting to note that before the foot path was extended, lorries were well able to turn at this corner. This is not the case now. See our video kindly supplied buy a concerned member of the public.
Posted by Mullingar news and views on Wednesday, September 4, 2019