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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2023

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade

In relation to the new Pathfinder Active Travel Projects and the main cycle arteries in SDCC, can the Chief Executive outline the plan to keep these active travel routes gritted and passable like main car routes, during icy conditions or orange/red weather warnings?

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 and these are 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 improved segregated cycle lanes we will review options for how best to carry out both general and winter maintenance of these.