COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

MOTION NO. 9

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

Emergency diversion routes This committee raises the issue of emergency diversion routes with council following a serious incident that occurred on the N4 that resulted in traffic coming to a near standstill and road closure was in place for hours. An emergency diversion route was implemented in 2019 for the M50 and this committee requests that Chief Executive reports to members what measures are currently in place to address such incidents and seeks to implement a similar system to the M50 one.

REPORT:

The management of the National Road network is the responsibility of the TII. The TII has designated diversion routes in place for emergencies on the N4.  At a Traffic incident, an Garda Síochana have the discretion to manage traffic, including the setting up appropriate diversion routes for traffic. A diversion route was set up.  It seems on this occasion, that the diversion route and the management of this route did result in heavy tailbacks for quite some time.  The effects of this incident spread over a wide area on adjacent roads. I will send an email to the TII to review this situation with a view to managing such traffic accident incidents better in the future.