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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

MOTION NO. 10

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

That the Chief Executive, in line with the objective written into the Six Year Roads Programme, and noting with regret the total lack of interest currently by the Government and its agencies in dealing with future additional traffic issues caused by the new children's hospital, draws up detailed and costed plans for a grade separated junction at the Kennelsfort Road/R148 interchange in Palmerstown, so as to be prepared should the local authority budget for such a venture and also to encourage more discussion with other parties in a position to fund same.

REPORT:

SDCC acknowledge the similarities between this and the existing Newlands Cross interchange.

As the latter was carried out as part of a package including the Arklow By-Pass, it is not pssible to have the total cost isolated in the short term.

In addition, construction price inflation has been high in the intervening 6 years.

In conjunction with TII, SDCC will provide the estimate requested once available to a future ACM under a HI.