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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

MOTION NO. 16

MOTION: Councillor L. Hagin Meade

To ask that a signalled pedestrian crossing be considered to facilitate safe road crossing for elderly and infirm residents accessing the bus stop 2547 on the Firhouse Road/Knocklyon Avenue, which serves residents of the Delaford and Knocklyon estates.

REPORT:

The traffic section will investigate the feasibility of installing a traffic controlled pedestrian crossing at the junction of the Firhouse Road and Knocklyon Avenue.

The Firhouse road is a very wide, busy and fast stretch of roadway.  The safety of installing a pedestrian crossing at this location will have to be carefully considered.  If this location is considered safe and there significant existing footfall measured and the potential for growth of future footfall, a design for the pedestrian crossing can be progressed.

Pedestrian Crossing Delivery 2024:

The traffic section will prioritise a list of all requested pedestrian crossing locations in Rathfarnham EA in terms of need.  We will come to the members of this committee at a workshop to finalise a pedestrian crossing delivery list for 2024 and reserve list should additional funding materialise later in the year.

If this location features high on the agreed delivery list and there is sufficient budget available, the installation of a traffic controlled pedestrian crossing can progress.