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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 14, 2016

MOTION NO.4

MOTION: Councillor P. Foley

This council calls on the chief executive to instigate a review of the utilisation of all bus lanes and quality bus corridors in the county. With traffic levels back to pre-recession levels it is important that our road space is utilised to the maximum. As bus routes sometimes change it could well be that some of the bus lanes and QBCs in our county are underutilised and no longer represent an efficient use of that road space. 

REPORT:

Bus lanes in the Greater Dublin Area have been provided over the years in association with various agencies such as the Dublin Transportation Office, the Quality Bus Network Project Office and the National Transport Authority. In many cases, the "Bus Lane" element of road improvement projects has been funded directly by these agencies.  It should be noted that the provision of Bus Lanes is a mandatory requirement under the Planning Consents for Certain Road Projects and the Local Authority has no discretion to remove these bus lanes in these cases.

In some instances the operation of Bus lanes can be temporarily suspended where no Bus Service is in operation.  This is kept under ongoing review and consultation with Dublin Bus and the NTA.