COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor B. Bonner

During the term of the previous Council I sought a report on the idea of a walkway/cycleway from Clondalkin village to the canal path greenway at the Knockmitten/Woodford entrance via the Watery Lane.  To ask the Chief Executive if it would be possible for this report to be considered again and what are the chances of NRA permeability funding being accessed for this project.

REPLY:

Please find attached the report from February 2013 considering a possible Greenway along the Camac to link to the Grand Canal Greenway. South Dublin County Council were successful in submitting the proposed Greenway along the Camac for inclusion in the National Transport Authority's (NTA) 'Greater Dublin Area' Cycle Network Plan as Secondary Route 7C and as one of the proposed Greenways for the Dublin area. However, to date South Dublin have been unsuccessful in accessing funding for the Camac Greenway, with the exception of the section through Clondalkin Park completed in 2012.

In 2015, in South Dublin County, the NTA have concentrated their funding allocation to the proposed primary cycle routes identified in the NTA's Cycle Network Plan; namely: 9A (Tallaght to Templeogue), the Dodder Greenway, Primary route S05 (Tallaght-Clondalkin-Lucan and Tallaght-Dundrum), Primary Route 6 (along the N4).

Secondary cycle routes that have received funding include 9C and 9D (along the N81), 7A (Willsbrook Road), SO7 (Newcastle Road) and 7E (Monastery Road-continuation of provision of pedestrian facilites).