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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Monday, June 23, 2008

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor J. Neville

"To ask the Manager to outline the reasoning for the removal of the pedestrian crossing at the vicinity of the entrance to Balrothery Estate and will the Manager note the severe inconvenience caused to numerous pedestrians, many who live in the Balrothery Estate and will the Manager outline what action can be taken to alleviate this inconvenience?"

REPLY:

The former pedestrian crossing location is approx 60m from the newly installed traffic signals at the Castletymon Road Junction. The new signals were necessitated by the frequency of accidents and collisions at this junction. The pedestrian signals were removed so as to prevent the possibility of "see through" from one set of signals to the next i.e. where drivers react to the wrong signal and drive through one installation by mistaking the signal from the next.

This is a situation which gives rise to severe danger to pedestrians in particular and thus is the primary reason that the Traffic Signs Manual recommends that a pedestrian crossing should not be sited within 100m of another installation. The Council follows the recommendations of the above manual as it dictates “Best Practice".

The location continues to be monitored.