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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To call on the Chief Executive to undertake a road safety audit at the junction of the R136 and Griffeen Avenue and approach roads, with a view to increasing safety in the area to encourage active travel.

REPORT:

A Road Safety Audit (RSA) involves the evaluation of road schemes during design and construction to identify potential hazards to all road users. A RSA is carried out at different stages of an infrastructure project and a RSA is a check for safety issues within a scheme during design and construction rather than an identification of non-compliance with design standards.

A Road Safety Audit would have been carried out on that junction when it was designed and constructed as part of the Outer Ring Road Scheme.

There are no current proposals for a new scheme to be designed and constructed at this junction.

We note the presence of advisory on road cycling facilities in the vicinity of the junction and we anticipate that we will receive some NTA funding in 2023 for Rapid Build cycle facilities. Rapid facilities are works/measures which can be used to provide protection to existing on road cycle tracks through the installation of bollards, bolt down kerbs or other rapidly installed measures to increase the protection offered to cyclists using the facility, thereby encouraging active travel.

We will examine the suitability of the suggested junction/route in the context of such 2023 potential funding.