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Gardai has confirmed that key changes have been made to checkpoints on two busy Dublin roads on the second day of Operation Fanacht following the commuter chaos that hit the capital yesterday.
At the height of the madness on its debut, drivers turned around in Dublin and even 8km setbacks were reported on some routes around the county.
But the operation will see significant changes today to hopefully help combat the insane delays that motorists were stuck with for hours on Tuesday.
In a statement about the changes on the N7 and M2Gardaí said: “A new traffic design has been introduced at these checkpoints that provides an exclusive lane for heavy vehicles to minimize delays or interruptions in commercial distribution.
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“The signage will be in place before reaching the checkpoints and the right lane (lane 3) will be available only for heavy vehicles.
“We ask all motorists to follow the signage and for drivers of heavy vehicles to slow down when approaching the Garda checkpoints as they may have to stop.”
All other checkpoints will continue to function normally for the time being.
So what exactly is the purpose of checkpoints and what can Gardai do?
Currently, Gardai can only adopt three of its four ‘Es’, which became the motto of the first OpFan implementation.
They can ‘involve, explain and encourage’ but they cannot ‘enforce’.
If your trip does not seem necessary or reasonable enough to travel, you will be advised to turn around, but I will not do it be charged, arrested, or fined if you don’t.
Gardai said: “We have re-started Operation Fanacht as a nationwide police operation focused on supporting public compliance with public health measures.
“People are encouraged not to travel outside of their county unless it is for essential reasons.
There will be 132 Garda checkpoints on major arterial routes in a bid to keep people in their county.
The daily checks will continue for three weeks, in accordance with the government’s plans to scale the country to Level 3.
Commissioner Harris said gardai will patrol the highways, particularly around Dublin, to try to limit the movement of people.
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