COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 11, 2011

QUESTION NO.13

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the Manager if he will provide a report on the role, responsibility and authority of the Council in the process whereby Dublin Bus places new bus stops, relocates existing bus stops, places bus route terminals and relocates bus route terminals in the County?

REPLY:

Bus Atha Cliath decide on the bus routes and the location of stops and termini is a matter for the Garda Commissioner in consultation with the Bus provider under section 85 of the 1961 Road traffic Act. The Council has no regulatory or overseeing powers in relation to the Garda Commissioner or Bus Atha Cliath and has no role or responsibility in relation to this matter.

Bus Atha Cliath may request a private company or the Council to carry out the necessary works or carry out the works themselves on the public road provided the actual construction works are notified via Roadmap which is the Council's permitting procedure for controlling roadworks on public roads.  The Roadmap requirements must also be complied with by other statutory bodies such as ESB and Telecoms etc prior to commencement of works and public roads.