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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 12, 2012

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Manager to clarify the amount spent on installing signage featuring the letter "L" and the road designation on local roads in the County for 2012; to ask if it is deemed necessary that such signage be erected; to ask if it intended to continue to erect these signs into 2013; and to make a statement on the matter?

REPLY:

Each public road within the county is assigned a number. Those roads not falling under the classification of national (N) or regional (R) roads are designated local (L) roads.

In recent years South Dublin County Council has received grant funding for the installation of direction signage on the regional road network. The installation of local road numbers at junctions of local roads along the relevant regional road is a requirement of the grant. Additionally the National Roads Authority includes local road numbers at rural junctions. The local road number signage is included within the budget for the direction sign scheme. The cost of signage is dependent on the number of junctions and the number of junctions with local roads.

It is intended to apply for the remaining regional road direction sign schemes next year.

Most roads within South Dublin County Council are urban roads and have road name plates identifying them. It is not proposed at this time to expend Council funds on ‘local road number’ signs.