COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 14, 2011

QUESTION NO. 20

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the Manager if he will advise on the expenditure on traffic calming schemes/projects, by Electoral Area, in the last two years, and if in view of the shortage of funds for traffic calming, he will examine the feasibility of implementing small scale (eg one or two ramps, or other appropriate road alteration measures) at locations where there are significant safety risks, as opposed to the large scheme approach of recent years, which are now not financially viable on a County wide basis? 

REPLY:

Some minor traffic calming work was carried out as follows:

• 2 ramps on Knocklyon Road in the vicinity of the Gael Scoil at a cost of approximately €7,000.00, and
• 1 ramp on Kiltipper Way at a cost of €4,000.00.
• Earlsfort Drive, Lucan in May 2009 at a cost of approximately €3,000.00. 

Due to the lack of finance, it has not been possible to install traffic calming measures in any other part of the County during the past two years. 

There is no specific provision for such measures in the 2011 Budget to progress the implementation of small scale traffic calming measures as suggested. 

Following the recent severe frost considerable damage has been done to many existing ramps and platforms throughout the County and the priority of the Council now is the repair of this damage.