A Castletown resident has resorted to seeking professional advice over traffic issues in Castletown.

The woman, who asked not to be named, emailed the authority: ’Having written twice before about these matters previously to Tynwald, Castletown Commissioners, the police and MHKs, and having reported several incidents to the police. And the situation after 12 months being unchanged and ongoing. I now advise you I will be seeking legal and specialist advice on this matter.’

Her concerns include cars exceeding the speed limit, which is too high anyway (at 20mph, boy racers at night and damage to parked cars from ’too much traffic on a too narrow road’.

The woman said cars and vans were mounting pavements inches from people’s front doors and living rooms, the roads are uneven and pot-holed, there is a lack of parking and too much traffic.

There are ’incidents involving near misses of life and limb,’ she said.

At a recent meeting, commissioners’ chairman Colin Leather said: ’This is nothing we have not discussed in the past.’ He said the town’s narrow streets were ’built for horses and carts’.

He said the authority is looking at a traffic management plan which is being drawn up by clerk Hugo Mackenzie. He agreed the limit of 20mph is too high, but added: ’15mph is too high if a child is knocked down.’

Commissioners also said the situation is exacerbated by parents driving their children to school along the streets. Could a one way system be introduced?

Mr Leather said: ’ We will do anything that will make her life easier. We share her concerns.Regarding pot holes, we agree, all we can do is push and push (the Department of Infrastructure). We have to be able to mend our own pot holes.’

The safety of pedestrians - particularly children - in the square was discussed at the same meeting.

Mr Leather said at an Easter fair held in the square there was an incident in which a car narrowly missed a child.

The authority has decided to keep the square open to parking during the summer except for special occasions, when it will be closed to traffic. The fair was not organised by the authority.

Mr Leather said the commissioners’ office should advise organisers of events in the square in the future they should get a road closure order.

The space also creates many problems and dangers for the visually impaired said

Richard Adams in a letter printed in the Manx Independent last month, whose concerns we covered in February 2016.

He wrote he is ’annoyed’ and ’frustrated’ work to remove hazardous lamp posts and introduce highlighting strips by benches has not been completed. He said he raised these issues two years ago with politicians and government departments and he still fears for his safety there.