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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE

Friday, September 11, 2009

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the council and Gardai for a report on the enforcement of the HGV ban on Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown to include the number of offences detected and fines issued during 2008 & 2009 and to advise on measures to improve enforcement of the ban.

REPLY:

There is no HGV Ban on the Kennelsfort Road however there is a 3 tonne limit this in enforced by members at both Ballyfermot and Ronanstown Garda Station as well as Traffic units based at Blanchardstown and Dublin Castle. There have been 5 detections of breaches of the 3 Tonne Limit in 2009 and fines have been issued in comparison with 13 in 2008. The traffic units in both Blanchardstown and Dublin Castle are awaiting new members. Further checkpoints are planned in the coming months and the area is patrolled on a regular basis