COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE 2

Monday, February 26, 2007

QUESTION No. 11

QUESTION: Councillor K. Warren

“To ask the Manager if he would recognise that the pedestrian pathway at the pedestrian crossing between Kingswood and Kilnamanagh on the Embankment Road represents a very narrow stretch of pathway, and given the extensive and heavy traffic flows along this road throughout the day, if he could propose measures which would improve pedestrian safety at this crossing where pedestrians are literally beside cars and trucks as they travel along this road, and if measures could be devised to increase the width of the path at these pedestrian lights, and if he will make a statement on the matter?”

REPLY:

The signalised pedestrian crossing in question is constructed and operates to the required standards. The pathway on the Kilnamanagh side makes optimum use of the available width between the carriageway and the estate boundary wall, and cannot be increased without extensive land acquisition and replacement of this boundary wall.