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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to ensure that, once the current Willsbrook Road works are completed, that the green time being afforded to each of Willsbrook Road and Ballyowen on each signals cycle is sufficient to allow for at least the same number of vehicles to get through the signals as would have prior to the works."

REPORT:

"The scheme was designed primarily to upgrade pedestrian and cyclist facilities at the Willsbrook Rd / Outer Ring Road Junction. In this process, it was ensured that other road users were not compromised which resulted in improvements for vehicles accessing the junction from Willsbrook Road by the addition of a left turn lane from Willsbrook Road towards the N4, as part of the ongoing works. The addition of this lane facilitated an additional green phase for the left turn movement from Willsbrook Road onto the Outer Ring Road.

Analysis of traffic at the junction was carried out during the development of the design taking the improvement and upgrade of pedestrian and cyclist facilities into account and it showed that the traffic situation will be no worse post completion than it was before the works commenced.

These improvements will become apparent when the works at this junction are complete, which is expected by mid-December 2016."