COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
HEADED ITEM NO. 21
RE-ALIGNMENT OF KNOCKLYON ROAD
The Knocklyon Road Realignment Scheme involves the construction of 1km of new distributor road including new footpaths and cycletracks from Firhouse Road to Templeroan. This new road will complete the planned distributor road network link designed to provide for the traffic volumes from Spawell/N81 to Scholarstown roundabout.
The main purpose of the new road is to divert and distribute existing through traffic away from the residential area on Knocklyon Road onto the distributor road network. This scheme will provide a reduction in traffic congestion and improvements in the safety of residents along Knocklyon Road, where domestic frontage access along the existing road is giving rise to safety issues and disruption to local and through traffic.
The new road, which will be frontage free, will provide improved access between the Firhouse Road and Scholarstown roundabout preventing large volumes of traffic from using the existing Knocklyon Road as a through route.
The Part 8 Public Consultation was approved by the Council in October 2005 and the CPO was confirmed in May 2007.
Due to the economic downturn it has not been possible to secure funding for the construction work, and in the circumstances it is difficult to predict when funding will be available to complete the entire Scheme.
However land acquisition has been progressing. To date 6 plots have been acquired at a cost of €5.9m, and it is estimated that the remaining 15 plots yet to be acquired will cost an estimated €7.5m.
Site investigations, topographical surveys and design works have cost approximately €0.5m to date.
It is estimated that the completion of design work and construction works will amount to a further €5.5m, bringing thew projected overall cost to approximately €19.4m.
In the latter part of 2014, SDCC on foot of a Low Cost Safety Improvements Grant competed the upgrade of the Knocklyon Road / Knockcullen Rise Junction, which has significantly improved safety and quality of life for the residents of Knockcullen Rise, and access/egress off the Knocklyon Road.