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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Monday, February 22, 2010

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor M. Corr

"To ask the Manager to indicate the benefits to the local community of De Selby estate if the vehicular access to the estate opposite Jobstown Community College at the bottom of De Selby Road was closed off in terms of pedestrian and children at play safety?"

REPLY:

The provision of a cul-de-sac at the location referred to in the question would reduce the volumes of vehicular through traffic (the impact of which would require very careful assessment) and would limit the accessability of vehicles from the estate to local shops, schools and other services. This would in this particular case require traffic to traverse the National routes instead to gain vehicular access to these services.

The benefits of a through route can allow better general and emergency access. Many single entrance estates are subject to considerable delays, especially at peak times, as queues build up at the exit particularly where congested traffic conditions exist on the main primary road. In the particular circumstances the benefits for pedestrian and child safety may be better achieved by other appropriate traffic calming measures.