COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, November 27, 2023

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the CEO to refer to the Active Travel works on Maplewood Road Tallaght and make contact with St Marks Church, St Marks Schools and the local school warden to discuss their views and deal with concerns they may have; will he give assurances and make a statement?"

REPLY:

 Contact has been made with the Priest and the school warden and concerns from the school regarding the parking of the school bus have been investigated. The details of the scheme were clarified with the school warden and she was happy with works as they would make her job a lot safer. The parking of cars will be taken away from the crossing point by the installation of bollards and the crossing point where the school warden will be formalised by the installation of a zebra crossing.

The Priest was met on site by SDCC and the Contractor and it was agreed to increase the number of demountable bollards in front of the church from 4 to 7 so that more parking in front of the church during important ceremonies like funerals and weddings can be facilitated.

The request for parking of a school bus in the car free zone being created was investigated and it was concluded that it will be unsafe for all road users, especially pupils and parents / guardians. The objective of the scheme is to create a traffic calmed street in the vicinity of the school free of parked vehicles to encourage kids to walk and cycle to school. Allowing the school bus to park in this zone will defeat the whole objective of the scheme. The school will be engaged to try and locate a suitable location further away from the school for the bus to park. The kids can be dropped and can walk to the school safely.