COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

MOTION NO.1

MOTION: Councillor W. Carey

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Area Committee agrees that SDCC shall insist as part of the traffic management structures put in place for the Clonburris SDZ ,that all trucks exiting sites should be "watered down" before entering the public streets and that regular intensive clean up of the public street be adhered to. In particular traffic exiting site on to the Fonthill road should only do so after excess dirt is removed from construction vehicles. NB: the current situation at Fonthill Rd is completely unacceptable to the point where the colour of traffic cones is undeterminable. These cones need to cleaned and replaced on a regular basis as well as the verges between cones being cleaned and cleared.

REPORT:

The Delivery Team in Planning have liaised with the developers at this location. Four separate active sites and sets of contractors are accessing the Fonthill Road, namely contractors for the South Link Street (SLS) and Cairn Homes from the western side directly onto Fonthill Road and contractors for Irish Water, Kelland Homes and South Link Street from the eastern side via the train station access road.

The ongoing SLS works interface into the Fonthill Road with construction of the new road alignment at the junction. This means that site traffic has to cross the active site which is currently at capping level immediately prior to merging with the public road. This limits the available space for wheel washing before driving on the public road and for this reason full time road sweeping and dust suppression was deemed most suitable by the contractors and is in operation on a full time basis. In addition the SLS contractor has a power washer and hardstand area for washing down their vehicles at the entrance to their site compound. The housing developers also have a series of mitigation measures within their respective sites.

The traffic management set up on Fonthill Road is monitored by the SLS contractor and this contractor has indicated they will improve their monitoring and keep the cones clean. The active developers in the area have co-ordination meetings and this issue was raised as an area for discussion. The Delivery Team in Planning will continue to liaise with the developers to ensure improvements.