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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor Alan Hayes

Chapter 7. P205. Sustainable Movement. Insert the following: SM6 - SLO 2 To prepare a traffic master plan for Palmerstown that builds on the school street initiative.

REPORT:

The motion seeks a new SLO under Policy SM6 ‘Traffic and Transport Management’ which would state ‘To prepare a traffic master plan for Palmerstown that builds on the school street initiative’.

In response to other motions regarding Palmerstown (Item IDs 71364 and 70884), the following new objectives are recommended:

In Policy SM3 – Public Transport:

'To work with the NTA and other state agencies to facilitate the delivery of the Kennelsfort Road-R148 grade separated junction or an equivalent solution to maxmise the efficacy of the Bus Connects Project'.

 

In Policy SM5 – Street and Road Design:

‘To enhance the efficiency of the Kennelsfort Road and the R148 junction, particularly for buses on the N4/Lucan Road QBC, to ensure safe crossing facilities are provided for all users and to reconnect the Heritage Village of Palmerstown with the newer residential areas of the community’.  

There is also a comprehensive policy on travel to school, referencing the Schools Streets projects as follows:

SM2 Objective 7:

‘To promote walking and cycling for school trips by implementing the following measures:

• Identifying school sites that are as close as possible to the communities they serve;

• Ensuring that multiple access points are provided to school sites for pedestrians and cyclists;

• Ensuring that adequate and secure bicycle storage is provided within schools;

• Promoting initiatives such as the Green Schools and Schools Streets projects; and

• Prioritising school routes for permeability projects and provision and enhancement of pedestrian and cycle ways’. It is considered that implementation of these existing and recommended objectives will help address traffic management including as it relates to schools.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion is adopted with amendments to recognise that there are objectives in the CE Draft Plan and recommended for inclusion in the Draft Plan that will address the issues raised in the motion.