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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 12, 2007

QUESTION NO: 6

QUESTION: Councillor D. Keating

"To ask the Manager to report on the agreed and drawn up programmes of works to improve safety conditions on our roads in the vicinity of our county's schools, on an area by area basis, and when are these works scheduled to be completed in each area.To thank the Manager for engaging in the consultation process that I requested at the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting of 17th January 2006, with these local schools on the matter of School Safety measures required?"

REPLY

Pilot Scheme locations inclusive of preliminary surveys were reported on and approved by the Area Committees by July 2006 on the basis of two schools or clusters of schools in each Electoral Area. Selected schools are listed hereunder: 

1. Lucan/Clondalkin Area: Scoil Mhuire, St. Josephs, St. Marys & St. Andrews (Lucan cluster); and Scoil Bride, Scoil Ide, Scoil Áine, Scoil Mhuire & St. Josephs (Clondalkin cluster)           

2. Terenure/Rathfarnham Area: Scoil an Spiorad Naomh (Ballyboden); and Bishop Galvin & Bishop Shanahan National Schools (Templeogue)

 3. Tallaght Area:  Holy Rosary National School & Firhouse Community College (Firhouse/Ballycragh); and Cnoc Mhuire Senior & Junior & Scoil Chaitlin Maude (Knockroe)    

 

Detailed survey and consultation work got underway after schools re-opened in September 2006.  The cluster of 4 schools at Chapel Hill, Lucan, was selected as the first Pilot project for implementation, given the proximity of the schools to each other and the suitability of the location for the introduction of a special 30 km/h speed limit zone. Special Speed Limit Bye-Law process began in December ’06 and  physical works commenced on site in early January 2007. Assuming Bye-law approval, this pilot scheme is expected to be operational at the beginning of April ’07.  In the Tallaght area, meetings have been held with Firhouse Community/Ballycragh Schools to agree details of the works to be undertaken, and further surveys are presently being carried out. Meetings have also been held with schools in the Terenure/Rathfarnham Area, and some works have been carried out. It is anticipated that all work on the selected pilot schemes will be completed in the current year. Related signing & lining works are being processed through the Area Traffic Management Meetings.