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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor Clare O'Byrne

To ask the Chief Executive that in light of recent and proposed developments in Ballyboden/Knocklyon*, if a traffic assessment has been carried out for the area in the past three years, and if not, if one will be undertaken in the coming months. *Planned: the SHDs on Taylor's Lane and Scholarstown Road. *Recent: the primary healthcare centre on Edmondstown Road, Scholarstown Wood, Stocking Wood, White Pines.

REPLY:

All major planning applications are required to submit a Traffic Impact Asessment as part of the process. All of the applications in this area submitted the required studies and documentation. The Council will continue to monitor traffic volumes in the context of the submitted predictions and use this information to inform future application assessment.