COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, November 24, 2014

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor L. Dunne

"To ask the Chief Executive to install speed ramps on Silken Park Drive, Old Naas Road, Kingswood, Dublin 22.   This road has a lot of cars speeding.  There is also a Creche on this road and at peak times while children are leaving the road can be quiet busy with cars taking short cuts at the end of the Old Nass Road and heading back onto the N7?" 

REPLY:

Due to the many demands on the Council’s resources, the Council has only limited funding for the installation of traffic calming measures in 2014.The focus will be concentrating on spinal roads in residential areas. Discussions have taken place with the relevant Area Committees with a view to selecting four/five roads in each of the Council’s six electoral areas. As with previous traffic calming schemes, the selection of individual roads will be a matter for the relevant Area Committee. As the Committee was previously informed, the members were advised to discuss suggested locations with the Chair of the Committee with a view to the agreed locations being forwarded to the Roads Department by the Chairperson.  Silken Park Drive is on the traffic calming request list for the Tallaght South Electoral Area.

To date no locations have been selected by the Tallaght Area Committee for either the Tallaght Central or Tallaght South Electoral Areas.This location will be brought to the attention of the Chair of the committee for agreement