COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

"To ask the Manager if An Garda Siochana has advised the Council or had discussions with the Traffic Management Section on additional traffic control measures that An Garda Siochana will be implementing to reduce traffic congestion in the Lucan EA during the pre-Christmas period, including locations in and around Liffey Valley Shopping Centre such as Coldcut Road, Kennelsfort Road, the M50/N4 junction and slip roads and in and around Lucan Village, and the Superquinn Shopping Centre?"

REPLY:

Discussions are ongoing with the Garda authorities on these matters. The Council is participating in "Operation Open City" being led by the Garda traffic division in consultation with the Dublin Local authorities and public transport providers in the run up to Christmas. A new website operation open city,  hosted by www.transportforireland.ie  has been set up to identify and report on traffic congestion and general traffic delays with particular reference to public transport in the Dublin area. News items such as major incidents, PublicTransport curtailments , road closures, major traffic delays, weather related problems are posted to this website as necessary.The Council partakes in a teleconference arranged by the Gardai on a daily basis in relating to bottlekncks with the relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth operation of traffic particularly at peak times and this will continue until the 24th december. 

Every effort will be made to minimise traffic congestion in the areas mentioned but congestion occurs at this time every year and it is a function of volume not capacity. There is a moratorium on general road works between 9th Decemebr and 24th December to ensure that congestion is minimised. Emergency works or contractual obligations are not affected.