COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor J. Lahart

"That this Committee agrees that the Traffic Section of SDCC liaises with DLRCOCO with a view to examine the management of traffic from Grange Road through Nutgrove junction and from Grange Road through Marley Park junctions. - in order to improve traffic flow, particularly from the South Dublin direction."

REPORT:

The Traffic Section has been in contact with  DLRCOCO Traffic Section and the following is an extract from the traffic management plan submitted.

Public Car Parking:

All public and private vehicles travelling to the event will be directed to the only parking facility at the concert site which is situated at College Road. No parking will be permitted along the Grange Road, Whitechurch Road, a section of Taylor's Lane, College Road, Stonemason's Way and local residential areas.

Measures will be put in place to prevent illegal parking on the surrounding roads, including issuing vehicle passes to residents, and, implementing a robust security, stewarding and barrier plan.

The entrance into the public car parks will be via College Road only. The advertised opening time for car parks will be 1 hour prior to the gate opening time. A parking stewarding company will be employed to direct and manage on site parking. There will be no charge applied for concert attendees parking at the concert. A 'Car Park Controller' will be appointed to each car park.

It is anticipated that the two main routes for people driving to the event are likely to be from the direction of Dublin City Centre or via the M50. Drivers will be encouraged to travel to the College Road car park via the M50 motorway Junction 12.

Traffic travelling via Ranelagh, Clonskeagh, Goatstown, and Sandyford will be directed to Grange Road and then onto College Road for the car park via Taylor's Lane and Whitechurch Road.

Traffic travelling from the M50 will be advised to exit the M50 at Junction 12 interchange, signposted R823 Ballyboden, and then onto Scholorstown Road. Traffic will then continue onto Taylor's Lane, turn right onto Whitechurch Road and the left onto College Road. Entrance to the car parks is off College Road.

• At 10pm, Taylor's Lane from the junction with Grange Road to its junction with Whitechurch Road shall be closed. Traffic turning right off the Grange Road onto Taylor's Lane shall make their way down Taylor's Lane on the opposite side of the road towards Whitechurch Road in a contra flow system. This is to facilitate the stacking of a Dublin Bus fleet at the Grange Golf Club. No vehicular traffic will be permitted up Taylor's Lane towards the Grange Road and shall be diverted left onto Whitechurch Road towards Willbrook Road / Ballyboden Road.
• At 10.30pm Stonemason's Way from the junction with the Grange Road to its junction with Broadford Road Roundabout shall be closed to facilitate a taxi service.
• At 10.30pm Grange Road from its junction with Taylor's Lane to Ballinteer Ave / Brehon Field Road junction shall be closed. No vehicles shall be permitted to exit any of the housing estates on the Grange Road or from the Lidl car park. All traffic travelling from the College Road shall be directed onto the Grange Road then onto Brehon Field Road and towards the M50 motorway.
• At 10.30pm College Road from the junction with Whitechurch Road to the junction with Grange Road will be closed. This is to facilitate the egress of vehicles from the College Road car park. No vehicular traffic will be allowed on College Road. Traffic from Tibradden / Kilmashogue will be diverted down Whitechurch Road and onwards.

There shall be two lanes of traffic leaving the College Road car park.

• All traffic leaving via the left hand lane shall be directed left onto College Road then either straight onto Haroldsgrange Road towards junction 14 of the M50 motorway or left onto Grange Road and on toward junction 13 of the M50 motorway.
• All traffic leaving via the right hand lane shall be directed towards the Whitechurch Road and onwards to the M50 junction 12.