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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
MOTION NO.26
MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole
This committee urgently requests a comprehensive report on the audit conducted along the Griffeen Road concerning the Exits and Entrances Pilot Scheme. The report should highlight issues identified during the audit, concerns brought to the attention of management, and the recommendations made by council engineers following their own examinations. Additionally, we seek confirmation on whether tactile markings were incorporated into the surface at the entrances, considering the continuous cycle lane and the potential impact on pedestrians, particularly those with visual impairments.
REPORT:
Road Maintenance are awaiting final sign off of the road safety audit by the auditor and until that is received it would be inappropriate to share.
As per Q21 of the last months meeting the finding of the Road Safety Audit were;
Junction overruns
Both sides of all junctions will be cleared and filled with reinforced concrete to prevent gouging of overrun areas.
Line Marking
To extend all white centre lining to junctions.
To install elephant feet markings across bottle bank junction.
Bottle Bank Junction
Sign to be installed to clarify drop off process.
Cycle Crossing Points
To remove lips on concrete at cycle crossing points at Moy Glas Drive and Elmwood.
Verge Areas
To be cleaned up and seeded accordingly.
The contractor is currently on site and has completed the majority of these recommendations.
With regards to the tactile paving, there is no tactile paving provided for pedestrians crossing the side roads.
The reasons for this is
- Side roads are low traffic, slower speed environments where as per the design standards tactile may omitted
- Pedestrians have priority here and providing tactile might imply to a visually impaired pedestrian they had to yield. This creates confusion which makes the junction less safe
The detailed design was reviewed by an external traffic auditor and the omission of tactile was not raised. It went through a public consultation and stage three road safety audit and omitting tactile was not raised.