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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
MOTION NO. 20
MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle
"That this Area Committee, further to previous repeated discussions on this matter, expresses its disappointment that the Planning Authority, in granting permission to application SD12A/0115 for construction of a new primary school at St. Edmundsbury, failed not only to require implementation of measures to improve the efficiency and safety of junctions at Chalet Gardens and Roselawn, but more worryingly failed to require that any junction assessments to be carried out and therefore requests the Road Department to:
- Firstly conduct its own assessment of the Lucan Road - Chalet Gardens junction, based on the traffic count data provided in the appendix to the submitted Traffic Report [noting in particular that 113 vehicles leave Chalet Gardens (movements 3 &4) in the 8:30-9:15 peak AM period] and to take account of the impact of the proposed creation of new turning lanes on Lucan Road;
- Secondly conducts a separate traffic count and assessment of the Lucan Road - Roselawn junction, to include assessment of traffic generated by Coláiste Phadraig secondary school and to take account of the impact of the proposed creation of new turning lanes on Lucan Road;
- Thirdly, brings a report back to this Area Committee within three months on the findings of these junction assessments with recommendations, if appropriate, for measures to improve the efficiency and safety of these junctions."
REPORT:
The appropriate traffic impact assessment for the proposed development was carried out and considered as part of the Planning Process. It should be noted that no additional lanes are proposed as part of this development. At the junctions with Roselawn and Chalet Gardens on Lucan Road the lane configuration is not changed.
It would be more appropriate to consider any junction assessment when development is complete and traffic patterns have been established. Accordingly no further reports are recommended at this time.