COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor A-M. Dermody

"To ask the Chief Executive to provide an assessment on the completion of the new entrance at Knockcullen, confirming that adequate street lights were used, that there is signage indicating an entrance on both left and right approaches to the estate,  confirm also if it is the case that the new entrance is located opposite a bus stop and whether or not there was any engagment with Dublin Bus in relation to the relocation of that stop away from the entrance.  Please in your reply comment on whether or not there ought to be a yellow box at this junction?  Residents are complaining that this new entrance despite the money expended is now every bit the traffic hazard than the old entrance?"

REPLY:

Works to the new entrance at Knockcullen were completed in 2014 and certified by the Consulting Engineer to be in compliance with the requirements of the contract drawings and specifications. The road and junction have been designed in compliance with the new criteria enshrined in DMURS (Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets) which specifies tighter corner radii, narrower carriageway widths and shorter sightlines. The works were funded by way of an NRA Low Cost Safety Improvement Works Grant.

Whilst the observations of residents with regard to the new road geometry embodied in DMURS are understandable, the objective of the new tighter corner radii and reduced sightlines is inter alia to slow traffic at junctions thereby creating a safer environment for vulnerable road users.

The new Knocklyon Road / Knockcullen junction is a substantial improvement on the “old” junction as it provides a much safer environment for residents of Knockcullen Rise in particular, and also for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists from other parts of Ashton and Knockcullen Estates.

In particular;