COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

That this Area Committee agrees to create simplified 'School Traffic Zones' outside each primary school in the Clondalkin LEA by painting the words 'School Zone' and painting both yellow and red discs intermittently on the public roads outside the schools. See attached photo example.

REPORT:

The Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Programme was developed in partnership by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Green-Schools, as a response to the need to support schools to increase walking and cycling to school. Details of the SRTS Programme can be found online at this website; https://saferoutestoschool.ie//

The current SRTS Programme was launched in March 2021 and was open to all schools in Ireland to apply for active travel funding and delivery. Funding is provided annually by the NTA as part of the overall annual allocation to SDCC. Nationally, the programme received expressions of interest from 932 schools, almost one in four schools in the state.

While several schools in South Dublin have been included in the SRTS programme, including Staff, Student and Parent surveys, programme reports and installation of road markings and bollards. It is recognised that the demand for the rapid delivery of front of school works exceeds the capacity of the SRTS programme. To this end a proposal will be brought to the Land Use Planning and Transportation SPC for a simplified SDCC Safe Routes to School programme. A funding stream for such a programme will need to be identified. Such schemes may be limited to road markings and bollards for schools which express an interest.