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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor L. de Courcy

That this Area Committee recommend a substantial trial of a school warden at St Mary's Primary School, Saggart to encourage more parents to walk their children to and from school.

REPORT:

School Wardens patrol places where school children cross public roads, and it is the school warden’s role to ensure that primary school children are assisted with crossing public roads safely when travelling to and from school.

All new requests are examined on a case by case basis against certain criteria which includes usage rates across existing / unofficial school crossings and traffic counts for the peak/ school crossing times on a given school day. 

Members may be aware that considerable work has been ongoing in the re-assessment of existing, and the assessment of requests for new assisted pedestrian school crossings.