COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

"Noting the Reply to Question No.13 at the November 2013 Lucan Area Committee Meeting, to the effect that the NTA intends to widen the brief for the Lucan Traffic Study. this Committee requests the Manager to recommend to the NTA that the issues of the re-opening of the entrance to the N4 westbound at Esker Lane and to the N4 eastbound at Tandy's Lane, be included in the widened brief, as there is a high level of local demand for the re-opening of these access points."

REPORT:

As the Councillor is aware these two exits were closed on safety grounds as part of the National Roads Authority N4 upgrade scheme as approved by An Bord Pleanala, with the Tandy's lane exit available for public transport access only. It is not intended that this access be reopened for general traffic and the National Roads Authority have expressed their opposition to the opening of this access previously and indeed the most recent request to reopen the Esker lane access has also been turned down as evidenced by their response as contained in the related headed item for this meeting.  However the national and local transport needs of the area can be considered in the context of the N4/N7 corridor study currently underway by the  National Roads Authority. The decision on reopening or otherwise of these lanes is a matter for the National Roads Authority and not the NTA.