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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor W. Carey

That this Area Committee agrees that management shall seek to have the site entrance for the proposed development of Age Friendly housing development at Alpine to be accessed directly from Fonthill rd rather than to allow construction traffic enter through the estate from Bawnogue Rd.

REPORT:

Following our meeting with a number of the residents of Alpine Heights on 2nd April, we have begun the process of engagement with our internal roads department to examine the potential for creating a dedicated temporary site access off the Fonthill Road.

We will continue to examine the potential for this temporary access, and will liaise with the NTA as appropriate in order to seek approval should the proposal be deemed acceptable.

It should be noted that the main concern will be the impact of any temporary access off the Fonthill Road (R113) on the safety of road users and the safety of pedestrians. Proximity to the adjacent junctions is also of concern given the R113’s status as a regional road located between the R136 outer orbital route and the M50. Assuming any roadway would be a temporary stone surface it would need to be hoarded-off fully from the Fonthill Road to the site entrance, would require removal of exiting stone boundary walls and likely removal of existing trees along the Fonthill Road. Access here would also cut across an existing pedestrian and cycle route disrupting access to same. If this access is provided it would effectively eliminate north-south pedestrian access across the public open space and significantly diminish amenity value of the space for the duration of the works.

It is normal practice to use existing estate roads to facilitate construction and whereas some disruption is inevitable it will be managed in-line with best practice which will be set out by the contractor in their H&S documentation, traffic and construction management plans.