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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Thursday, June 23, 2016

QUESTION NO. 16

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask that the Chief Executive give a report on the recent meeting with Palmerstown Community Council on how Kennelsfort Road and the Estates between the Oval and Kennelsfort Road can be made safer for residents, pedestrians and cyclists and to include any progress on the issues raised into regulating traffic by such restriction as would be acceptable to the local community and reflect those in neighbouring jurisdiction?"

REPLY: 

A commitment was given at the meeting that close monitoring of HGV volumes would be undertaken, this work is ongoing and included the placing of a traffic counter on Kennelsfort Rd, the results from this will be analysed but initial readings show low usage of any vehicles with 3 or more axles. There was a weekday average of 13 vehicles per day being 0.1% of traffic. In addition the number of vehicles exceeding the speed limit as a % of overall traffic volumes is low. Further analysis of the data will be undertaken.

RSA accident data for the years 2005-2013 has been examined and shows a very low number of accidents for that period for Kennelsfort Road.

As part of the monitoring, some improvements to signage that is considered misleading is under review.