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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor Ronan McMahon

"To ask the Chief Executive if the new footbridge over the River Dodder at Firhouse will be adequately lit and have cctv cameras installed and connected to the Garda station?"

REPLY:

Phase One of the Tallaght to Ballyboden Cycle Route - the pedestrian and cycle route and bridges at Dodder Valley Park commenced on site on the 19th March 2014. This is the first phase of a significant new project by South Dublin County Council, funded by the National Transport Authority, which will form part of a wider network of new high quality cycle ways proposed throughout the Dublin region. 

The Tallaght to Ballyboden Cycle Route achieved 'Part 8' Council approval at the end of 2012. The portion of the route currently on site links Firhouse Road with Old Bawn Road and Seskin View Road via the Dodder Valley. The Project will provide two new pedestrian and cycle bridges, one over the Dodder and the second over the Ballycullen stream and will increase links between the existing communities of Tallaght and Firhouse, by providing more direct routes for cyclists and pedestrians. The bridges will join Firhouse and Tallaght mid-way between Old Bawn and the M50 and will form part of both the Tallaght to Ballyboden and Dodder Valley Greenway proposed cycle routes. 

The project includes for both public lighting and CCTV. The CCTV footage will be linked to both the monitoring station at County Hall and Tallaght Garda Station.