COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

MOTION NO. 10

MOTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh

"This Area Committee agrees that safe cycling should be prioritised in Clondalkin village and calls for a report on measures taken to promote this aim to date, as well as measures planned for the future."

REPORT:

The SDCC Active Travel team are working on the provision of an improved cycle network within the Clondalkin and the wider South Dublin area. To realise this a programme titled Cycle South Dublin (CySD) was adopted in April 2021. The programme shows the existing network, the network vision and the priority schemes. This is an ambitious programme of works that will take a decade to realise but the wheels are in motion, with 30 schemes at various stages of development.

Some details of the CySD Cycle South Dublin: A Programme of Work, can be found on our website at the following link;

https://www.sdcc.ie/en/news/south-dublin-county-council-sets-out-cycle-south-dublin-vision.html

We are also in the process of developing a dedicated Website to advise the public of the programme and provide information on the progress of the plan. Individual schemes on the CySD programme form part of the National Transport Authority (NTA) GDA Network will be funded by the NTA.

In relation to Clondalkin specifically;

The Monastery Road route was completed last year, post completion surveys are underway.

Numerous interventions to improve the safety of cyclists and pedestrians are being delivered, with a particular focus on routes close to schools. In that context consultation will shortly commence on the proposals for the schools streets project on the Old Nangor Road outside the Gaelscoil.

SDCC has been provided a grant allocation to initiate the Tallaght to Clondalkin cycle route, which is a significant scheme on the CySD plan, this year. While that route goes through the design and consultation processes, it is planned to provide temporary 'light segregation' measures on the existing advisory sections of cycletrack on that route. Other roads in the Clondalkin area are currently being assessed for their suitability for light segregation measures, for which substantial funding has been made available to us by the NTA.

It is also proposed to bring the Canal Loop cycling route through the Part 8 process this year. The scheme aims to improve the public realm by providing links from the Grand Canal Greenway at Grange Castle to the Royal Canal Greenway for commuters and leisure cyclists.

The Corkagh Park master plan incorporates substantial improvements to the facilities for cyclists. The main route through the Park, forms part of the CySD route 3, which will eventually connect the Park to the Grand Canal, via Clondalkin Village.