COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 12, 2005

QUESTION 12

WARNING LIGHTS AT SCHOOLS

QUESTION: Cllr. Derek Keating

"To ask the Manager to agree to introduce by way of a pilot project, the facility of Flashing/Warning Lights at Schools. Such lights would be of practical assistance in enhancing the safety of many people, including school-going children and students, whose safety is now more at risk with increased traffic volumes, including Heavy Goods Vehicles on our roads, and where there are increased pressures on car parking spaces in the vicinity of schools in the county owing to increased traffic volumes and growing traffic congestion?"

REPLY:

The use of flashing/warning lights in conjunction with special speed limit signs is one of the measures currently being examined as part of the report and recommendations to be presented to the elected representatives on the introduction of special speed limits and other safety measures at schools in the county. It is likely that such lights will be recommended at a number of locations initially, so that their effectiveness can be determined in "live" operating conditions.