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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the chief executive for an update on the studies that were agreed to being carried out under the County Development Plan to address the egregious traffic jams residents of Rathcoole have to endure every workday morning?

REPLY:

The following Traffic and Transport Management objective is contained within the current County Development Plan:

"SM6 SLO 1: To carry out a traffic and transport study for Rathcoole, Saggart and Newcastle and the surrounding areas following the publication of the GDA Strategy review to 2042 which will clarify the context within which the road network in the area will function and to include a review of HGV movement."

This Transport Study is a large and comprehensive piece of work.  It will be conducted by specialist transport consultants and the work will require significant funding and the scope needs to be agreed by our Transport partners such as TII and the NTA.  This is because any recommendations need to align with the GDA Transport Strategy(NTA) and the study area is in proximity to the N7 National Road (which is the responsibility of the TII)

The following steps will be taken by the Council:

SDCC writes a brief on the required scope of these transport studies.

Cost estimates for the work calculated.

Scope agreed and funding sought for the studies from the NTA.

SDCC manage a tender process to decide a preferred consultant with the most economically advantageous price.

Studies begun by preferred consultant.

Draft report submitted to the Council, which is considered by the NTA.the TII and SDCC.

Final agreed report submitted to SDCC.

Recommendations delivered subject to funding availability.

This is a 2 year process.  Therefore, the Transport Study findings are likely to be delivered in mid 2024.

End of Report.