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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor P. Cosgrave

"To ask the Manager to design and build a pedestrian footpath across the green area opposite 34 Woodstown Abbey to the exit at Stocking Well so residents and students can access the Bus stop on Stocking Avenue?"

REPLY:

It is the experience of the Council that the provision of pedestrian pathways, such as the one proposed, can become very contentious in a local community.

While the Council sees the merit of the proposal in terms of convenient, permeable access to the bus route running along Stocking Avenue, it is considered essential that the Resident's Association, or in the absence of an association, representative members of the Estate be involved in a consultation process to develop the proposal further. 

Arrangements will be made to contact the residents to advance this matter.