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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

MOTION NO. 9

MOTION: Councillor E. Coburn

"That this Committee discuss with the aid of a report the options for pedestrian routes from Prospect Manor to the Edmonstown Road."

REPORT:

Due to the recent temporary closure on safety grounds of the pedestrian bridge that links Prospect Manor estate to the Edmondstown Road, the alternative pedestrian route available is the recently constructed pedestrian path on Stocking Lane, adjacent to the Dublin City Waterworks, which connects to the Edmondstown Road via the Scholarstown Road.

However, following discussion at the September Rathfarnham Area Committee meeting, it was proposed that the option of alternative access through Springvale, even on a temporary basis, be examined. Council staff have examined this option and have established that it is certainly a possible option, subject to detailed costing. The estimated cost of constructing a temporary path to current accessibility standards and the provision of access through the wall into Springvale is estimated to be in the order of €25,000 - €30,000. There is no provision for expenditure of this order in the 2012 Parks & Landscape Services budget.