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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 14, 2019

QUESTION NO. 37

QUESTION: Councillor Mary Seery-Kearney

To ask the Chief Executive if there is a current provision in the planning bye-laws to cater for the health and safety requirements arising where builders and subcontractors parking in the immediate surroundings of a development, including Council owned grass verges, blocking the traffic line of sight of residents in the immediate vicinity.

REPLY:

There are no specific Bye Laws in relation to health and safety requirements arising where builders and subcontractors park in the immediate surrounding of a development, including Council owned grass verges and block the traffic line of sight of residents in the immediate vicinity.

In some cases developers are conditioned as part of a decision to grant planning permission to provide construction traffic management plans which establishes details of proposed vehicle routing, parking etc.  

However, details of any vehicle parked illegally on a footpath affecting the vision splay of other road users / residents should ne notified to either An Garda Siochana and/or the Council's Parking Section with the location of the alleged offence and an inspection will be undertaken by our Traffic Wardens to investigate the matter and issue tickets where a breach of the Road Traffic Legislation is evident.