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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor D. Adelaide

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the pedestrian entrance to Corkagh park, detailing their accessibility to persons in wheelchairs and with prams/buggies

REPLY:

There are 10 pedestrian entrances to Corkagh Park.  The locations and type of entrances are listed in the table below.

No

Location

Kissing gate

K-barrier

Gate

1

Corkagh Grange Avenue

Y

 

 

2

Cherrywood Crescent

Y

 

 

3

Cherrywood Drive

Y

 

 

4

Cherrywood Grove

 

Y

 

5

Fonthill Road

 

Y

 

6

St John’s Green

Y

 

 

7

Parkview Lawns

Y

 

 

8

Newlands Manor Park

 

 

Y

9

Green Isle Road/Newlands Manor

Y

 

 

10

Camac Valley

 

 

Y

Vehicle control gates (Kissing gates and K-barriers) are designed to provide universal access for pedestrians, wheelchairs and prams.  The entrances take cognisance of wheelchair and pram access requirements and are constructed in a manner that facilitates it while restricting access for unauthorised vehicles.