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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

MOTION NO.17

MOTION: Councillor A. Hayes

To ask the manager to review the impacts on all road users of the new layout at Kennelsfort Road Upper, opposite the Silver Granite, including increased tailbacks caused by delays in cars turning right onto Wheatfield road.

REPORT:

The scheme on Kennelsfort Road was designed to improve the poor quality of infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists and bus commuters at this location. The works involved the re-allocation of road space and did not reduce the number of lanes.

The current congestion is caused by two factors;

1. The bus stop is now inline as opposed to set in so cars cannot pass the bus out while it is picking up and dropping off passengers. The benefit of this is that once the bus is ready to move away it should have free road space in front of it to drive into and thus improve it's journey time.

2. Cars turning right into Wheatfield Road will block the straight through traffic. This is no different to the previous set up except that previously drivers would undertake the right turning car by driving into the cycle lane. To prevent this bad driver behaviour we have introduced a kerb at this location to make it safer for cyclists.

The two factors that are causing frustration for drivers are designed to increase the safety and efficiency of sustainable transport and for that reason it is not proposed to make any amendments at this location