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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor W. Carey

To ask the Chief Executive that SDCC should provide traffic calming in Pairc Mhuire, Saggart (towards the bend in the main road, probable location outside Number 7 Phairc Mhuire estate)?

REPLY:

An traffic inspection has been carried out in Phairc Mhuire Estate, Saggart.

It was noted that the road width within the estate is narrow at approximately 6m wide. The presence of on-street parking and driveways accessing the road for offstreet parking was also noted. 

The straight stretches of road were measured at; 64m, 133m (with a junction at 100m), 70m, 44m and 27m. The radii within the estate are sharp at 90 degrees.  These straight lengths of road are quite short andthe bends are tight - leading to low vehicular speeds.

Based on the above; the passive traffic calming meaures, the road alignment (curvature and junctions within the estate) and the road geometry (narrowness and length) additional traffic calming is not recommended. Additional physical traffic calming may impede access along the road, to driveways and to on-street parking bays. 

The traffic department believe this estate does not require additional traffic calming measures.