COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh

That this Committee agrees that the Council carry out an inspection of all pedestrian lights on the Fonthill Road, Cold Cut Road, Neilstown Road, and Liffey Valley as I have received reports from the father of a visually impaired child that the audible 'beeping' signals are not in operation at all locations. Furthermore, that the Council bring a report to a future area committee on the findings of the inspection and the actions taken.

REPORT:

All pedestrian crossings in the County are equipped with audio tactile push buttons.  At all locations these contain:

a) a locator tone to guide users with visual impairments to the push button.

b) a vibrating arrow on the top of the push button which points in the direction of the crossing and which vibrates when the green man is illuminated.

The majority of locations also have a "green man " audio tone to also indicate when the green man is illuminated.   However, this is only used at locations where all traffic stops. At locations such as islands where one or more traffic streams may still be moving audio green man tones are not used as it can cause confusion as to which pedestrian signal is green. In these cases the vibrating arrow guides users. This is in accordance with best practice.

All traffic signals in the County area are regularly inspected. A specific investigation was carried out at all signals in the areas named. At two locations it was discovered that a vibrating arrow was not working. These have been repaired.

All audio signals were working correctly.

If anyone has any knowledge of faulty traffic signals this should be reported immediately to tmc@sdublincoco.ie