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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

QUESTION NO.  20

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Chief Executive why the newly constructed cycleway/pedestrian way between Palmerstown and Chapelizod does not have designated space for pedestrians and cyclists. The present situation is highly dangerous and pedestrians complain of being terrorised by cyclists who act as if they own the space?"

REPLY:

This is a shared cycleway/pedestrian way. The scheme has improved safety to both pedestrians and cyclists in particular.  Following completion of the scheme a Road Safety Audit was carried out by an independent Consultant and no issues relating to cyclist sharing the facilty were highlighted. We are monitoring the performance of the facilty and will be commissioning a further video survey in the near future. We will keep the situation under review in light of the comments and report back to the ACM as soon as we have concluded our monitoring.