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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor Mary Seery-Kearney

To ask the Chief Executive for a report in relation to the progress of the excellent Wellington Lane Walking and Cycling Scheme. Thank you.

REPLY:

The preliminary design drawings for the Wellington Lane Walking and Cycling Scheme are currently being completed. Measures have been put in place to prepare Road Safety Audits 1 and 2 and the Appropriate Assessment screening of the project.

The Part 8 proposal for the Scheme is planned to be brought before the June ACM and the following Council meeting.

Following the successful forums carried out with two local secondary schools, councillors and the public, along with the walkability audits received from the local primary schools, the original scope of the Scheme was extended. Wellington Lane now forms the main spine of the route with many connecting cycle ways to accommodate schools, amenities and shopping facilities.

The Scheme proposes to provide;

1. Improved community connectivity
2. Links to the existing cycle network on the N81, and the Dodder Greenway, which is under construction
3. Off road cycle paths where possible
4. Safer junctions for vulnerable road users
5. Reallocation of car parking to improve and increase footpaths, where possible
6. Reduction in Road Carriageway which will not reduce capacity, as captured in 2019
7. Improvements to existing cycle tracks on Templeville Road
8. Introduction of cycle lanes on Limekiln Lane, Orwell Road and Rossmore Road
9. Trialling of filtered permeability on Rockfield Avenue
10. Landscaping improvements