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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

MOTION NO. 8

MOTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

"That the Chief Executive installs street lighting on Cruagh Road, Rockbrook.  The road is pitch dark by early evening/night. Locals regularly cycle this road along with hundreds of other casual cyclists and it is extremely dangerous for both pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. There are lots of young children living on the road and most are afraid to even attempt to walk on the road after dusk (even during daylight hours it is dangerous)."

REPORT:

There are three public lights at the beginning of Cruagh Road from Edmonstown Road. These are on the existing ESB overhead network. 

At that point, the network leaves the line of the roadway. All remaining poles are Eircom.

This means that there is no scope to put any additional public lights along the rest of Cruagh Road at a reasonable cost to the council. The cost of installing an underground scheme would be very significant and would need a separate allocation over and above what is planned to be  spent by the public lighting section this year for this type of scheme.