COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Tuesday 4th April 2006

QUESTION No. 7

SANCTA MARIA COLLEGE - TRAFFIC CONGESTION

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

"To ask the Manager to use the opportunity of the development of Sancta Maria College by Ballyboden St. Enda's GAA Club as an opportunity to provide for creative school access solutions in the context of chronic traffic congestion?"

REPLY:

Ballyboden St Enda's GAA Club were granted planning permission (Reg Ref SD02A/0331 ) for alterations to their original permission including the relocation of the carpark. Condition No. 6 restricted the use of the carpark to car and coach parking associated with the use of the sports facilities.

 

Roads Department are opposed to the use of the carpark for set down/ pick up of school children as access is from the Green Route, a District Distributor Road providing access to and from the M50 for a large part of the county. Due to the strategic nature of this road, the heavy volumes of traffic using it particularly during the morning peak Roads Department consider that the use of the carpark as a set down/ pick up point for pupils would tend to create serious traffic congestion and thereby endanger public safety by reason of a traffic hazard due to the generation of additional traffic turning movements at this location.

 

The traffic situation at the school will be independently assessed under the current review.