Roscommon and Leitrim councillors are vowing to oppose plans to install a one-way traffic system on Rooskey bridge.
It comes as over 100 people attended a meeting in the village last night to express their anger at the ongoing trial of a temporary pedestrian walkway on the bridge.
The two-week trial, undertaken by the National Transport Authority, will end this Sunday but residents and business owners say it has led to chaos in the village and is 'an accident waiting to happen'.
There are now growing calls for a separate cantilever pedestrian bridge to be installed in Rooskey due to concerns over traffic delays and safety.
A number of Oireachtas members were also present at last night's meeting, one of whom, Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny, said he would raise residents' concerns with the NTA chief executive, Anne Graham.
Meanwhile, the secretary of Rooskey Residents' Association says they will continue to fight plans to introduce traffic lights and a one-way system on the bridge.
Margaret Nugent said the only option for residents is a new footbridge:
