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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed update of planned opening of the link road from The Paddocks to Dodsboro Road/Tandy’s Lane including:

• planned timeframe for the opening
• clarification of the exact location for the new junction?
• details of road improvements along Dodsboro Road/Tandy’s Lane required or planned before the opening of the link road;
• details of any new traffic management measures planned for Dodsboro Road/Tandy’s Lane, for example, measures to ensure continuing ease of exit from the Dodsboro Cottages and Meadowview Grove residential areas;
• plans for new crossings and/or a school warden to ensure safe crossing points at Dodsboro Road for both residents and children walking to/from Scoil Mhuire?"

REPLY:

The phasing programme for the Adamstown SDZ requires the provision of the road linking the Newcastle   Road to the proposed Adamstown Boulevard and Doddsboro by the time Phase 3 of the Scheme is complete that is when 3,400 dwellings are provided in Adamstown. There are currently 1,250 residential units in total in Adamstown.

Under Reg. Ref. SDZ07A/0001 there is provision for the construction of an access directly from the Paddocks onto the Doddsboro Road/Adamstown Boulevard which will serve the Paddocks development. The location of this access road is shown on drawings attached to this permission, the access road and junction is shown just south of dwellings currently under construction in the Paddocks. The permission expires in October of 2017 (extension of duration of permission granted in 2012). All provisions of the permission including the access to Doddsboro are required to be in place at that time. Through the further information process and conditions attached to this permission junction, footpath and kerb details affecting the Dodsboro Road sufficient to support this permission were agreed. A traffic assessment was also carried out.

Any further improvement works required to the Dodsboro Road arising from the future roll out of development in Adamstown will be assessed at application stage.