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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

QUESTION NO. 6

QUESTION: Councillor Joanna Tuffy

To ask if there is a budget for traffic calming in the electoral area for 2022 and is there a list of roads where any works are due to be carried out? What procedure must residents follow to request a ramp or other traffic calming measure and what happens next?

REPLY:

There is Traffic Improvement General revenue Code which for 2022 is valued at €894,400.

Traffic Calming measures are charged to this code.  Approximately, 25% of the total or €225,000 is available for Traffic Calming measures in 2022.  

It is our intention to draw up a proposed works list of Traffic Calming Measures for 2022.  I will bring this list to the relevant ACM for discussion shortly.

Residents and the Elected members can continue to make representations on locations that they want assessed for suitablility for Traffic Calming.  I would see the relevant TMM as the best location to initially identify schemes for further assessment using the document described now:

A Street Improvement Guide has been approved by the Roads SPC and will shortly come before full Council for noting.  This document outlines the method used to assess traffic calming schemes for suitability.  A scoring system will be used to assess the suitability of a location (Suitable or not Suitable for Traffic Calming) and then give a priority score for each suitable scheme.  The higher the score the earlier that scheme will be completed on the programme, subject to budgetary constraints. 

I expect when noted by full Council, this document can be put up on our Internet to inform the Public of the procedure to implement a Traffic Calming Scheme.