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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2023

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade

To ask if SDCC own equipment suitable for gritting segregated cycle lanes and pavements and do they have plans to acquire such equipment?

REPLY:

Currently SDCC provide winter treatment on over 300km of road network. The routes are chosen to ensure the primary distributor roads are treated as this ensures the delivery of essential goods and services.

SDCC’s current cycle infrastructure is 200km and varies from on road cycle tracks to greenways.

SDCC do not currently treat cycle tracks nor do we have any equipment to do so. If cycle tracks were to be treated it would require a very significant alteration to our current operating procedures and also need a large investment in plant and resources.

The expansion of our winter maintenance to incorporate cycle tracks is not currently proposed within existing resources. However, as the Council continues to deliver more improved segregated/protected cycle lanes we will review how we can best provide both general and winter maintenance.