COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

QUESTION NO.21

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

To ask the Chief Executive to install a number of "ducks crossing" at suitable locations in Lucan village, before the breeding season, including at new requested pedestrian crossing areas, given the large number of relatively tame ducks living in this area historically, and the safety issues facing ducks crossing with ducklings every year, especially in light of a number of reported incidences of ducks being killed by drivers locally, who then carelessly drove away, and also a recent incident abroad where a man lost his life helping ducks to cross the road. There is precedent in other Councils in Ireland and such signs are widespread in the UK?

REPLY:

There is no statutory Ducks Crossing sign within the Irish Traffic Signs manual. There are several other statutory warning signs for cattle, sheep and horses within the Traffic Signs manual.

The traffic section follows the policy of minimising warning signage to just the essential statutory signage to guard against driver overload and distraction, and a diminution of the effectiveness of the essential warning signage due to an over proliferation of signage.