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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

MOTION NO. 7

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

That the Chief Executive give a report on progress of The South Dublin County Council School Streets Programme for St Brigid's and St Lorcan's schools in Palmerstown.

REPORT:

The aim of the Active Travel School Zone project (previously referred to as the School Street project) within the county is to engage schools and their wider communities, in order to improve safety outside the school gate and to better support active travel modes on the journey to and from school. The project is supported by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and delivered by South Dublin County Council.

The NTA have recently approved the preliminary designs for the school and agreed for South Dublin County Council  to proceed to Section 38 consultation.

Elected members were notified of the commencement of this consultation process on Wednesday 20th April 2022 via Active Travel email.  The consultation commenced on 22nd April and was initially to run for a four week period until 20th May 2022.  It was then agreed to extend the consultation period for this project by another week, up to 27th May 2022.

The Council delivered school engagement workshops on the preliminary design 30th March 2022 to secure feedback from key decision makers within the school community.  In addition, a consultation leaflet on the proposed scheme was delivered to residents and businesses in the vicinity of the school that are likely to be immediately impacted by the proposed scheme to provide them with an opportunity to note their observations and suggested changes.

There was also earlier direct liaison with pupils, parents, staff and the wider community which was gathered by M-Co on behalf of South Dublin County Council.

The consultation feedback (Section 38 and school engagement workshop) is currently being reviewed by the design team and on completion of this a report will be issued to members. The detailed design for St. Brigid's G.N.S. and St. Lorcan's B.N.S. is expecetd to follow soon after.