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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

MOTION NO.24

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

This committee seeks to inquire about the efforts being made to address the sporadic car parking occurring around Airlei Park.

Evidence has shown cars parking on footpaths, green areas, and obstructing pedestrians, including those with buggies. As this park is a newly installed amenity, a solution to rectify this issue before it escalates is necessary. Additionally, the committee requests an investigation into the reasons behind the significant increase in car usage around the park.

This investigation should include determining the number of parking spaces provided within the park and identifying the reasons why cars are parking haphazardly throughout the area.

REPORT:

There are 54no. spaces + 3no. accessible spaces (57no. total spaces) provided at Airlie Park.  The park is provided predominately for the local residents and they have been provided with residential parking throughout the Adamstown SDZ.  

Airlie Park is strategically centrally situated to be accessible on foot and by cycle for the residents of Adamstown. 

As for visitors from outside the catchment of Adamstown, it is believed that 57no.  car parking spaces is sufficient to serve this amenity.  It is accepted that there is extra curiosity of about the new facility and this may be leading to extraordinary numbers of visitors at the moment.

As regards illegal parking, the areas around Airlie park are not officially Taken in Charge, but this situation will change shortly.

When that is completed, SDCC will have greater control to implement measures to curtail illegal parking in the area.

It is believed that these extraordinary numbers of visitors will reduce in time and the provided number of car parking spaces will suffice for this facility.