COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

HEADED ITEM NO. 9

REPORT ON ADOPTION OF OFFICIAL NAMING PROPOSALS FOR THE OUTER RING ROAD AND FONTHILL-OUTER RING LINK ROAD

This Item was deferred from the April ACM at the request of the Members and is now due for consideration. It should be noted that the proposed changes have already been approved by other area committees.

The road which is designated as the Outer Ring Road has been constructed in a number of phases over a period in excess of twenty years.  Initially, it comprised of a stretch of roadway which linked the West Tallaght area to the N81 National Secondary Route.  Subsequently a short section known as the Ballyowen Distributor Road was constructed by a developer to serve his residential developments.  In more recent years the other phases were constructed under contract including the interchange with the N7 National Primary Route.  The lack of a coherent naming strategy over the entire route has led to some confusion and requests have been received from the Gardai and other statutory bodies to regularize the position.

The following sections have been named to date:

1.                The original sections serving the West Tallaght area has been named Cheeverstown Road (Bóthar Bhaile an tSíbhrigh) for many years.
2.                The section from the N7 Naas Road was named Grange Castle Road (Bóthar Chaisleán na Gráinsí) when the Council’s Business Park was opened.
3.                The National Roads Authority refer to the interchange with the N7 Naas Road as the Kingswood Interchange.

Following a series of informal consultations and discussions with Members, other Council Departments and the public and business communities, it is proposed, subject to the agreement of the Members to adopt the following naming proposals:   

As a substantial portion of the northern section of the road has already been named as the Grange Castle Road, it is proposed to extend this name to include the entire road north of the N7 Naas Road. Therefore the road from its junction with the Old Lucan Road southwards to its junction with the N7 Naas Road will be named Grange Castle Road (Bóthar Chaisleán na Gráinsí). 

A substantial portion of the southern section of the road has already been named Cheeverstown Road, it is proposed to extend this name to include the entire road south of the N7 Naas Road.  Therefore the road from its junction with the N81 Blessington Road northwards to it’s junction with the N7 Naas Road will be named Cheeverstown Road (Bóthar Bhaile an tSíbhrigh). 

The interchange will continue to be known as the Kingswood Interchange (Acomhal Choill an Rí). 

Naming proposals have also been examined for the road known as the Fonthill-Outer Ring Link Road.   Following consultations with the Local Studies Section of the Councils Library Service, it is considered appropriate to recommend that the road be formally named Omer Way (Bealach Omer) after Thomas Omer, who as principal engineer of the Navigation Board, planned and supervised the construction of the Grand Canal. 

The foregoing details are shown on the attached MAP Number RE.1108