COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, November 25, 2019

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the CEO for an update on the N81 Improvement Scheme and in reporting will he detail the schedule now being followed in respect of the matter and will he make a statement?"

REPLY:

"A report on the Part 8 public consultation process for the N81 Landscape Improvement Scheme was presented to the meeting of South Dublin County Council on March 13, 2017.  The project is spilt into a number of phases:

• Phase 1 is the section from M50 to Whitestown Way.
• Phase 2 commences at Whitestown Way and runs westwards 
• Phase 3 is from the Templeogue area to M50.

At the detailed design and construction stage; each above phase is broken into a number of smaller phases for operational and traffic management purposes.

The initial works on Phase 1 of the N81 scheme have recently been completed and maintenance stage is now underway. The works completed were on the section from M50 to the just west of the roundabout at Avonbeg and include: a new footpath for a section of the route on the southern section of the roadway, land shaping and forming, new planting on the central median and roadsides and re-design of the roundabout at Avonbeg. The proposed landscape works in the Phase 1 section were also extended to include an upgrade of the public lighting along a section of the N81 west of the M50, this work has been funded by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. The detailed design of the next stage has been completed and will be tendered shortly; a briefing meeting is being arranged with the Tallaght ACM members in that regard. As the majority of the works on the N81 scheme are landscape planting works careful timing of the construction phases is required."