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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

MOTION NO.8

MOTION: Councillor Y. Collins

That the kissing gate from Ballyboden Way into Boden Park (opposite the entrance to the Ballyboden St Enda's all weather pitch) be made easier for bicycles to negotiate

REPORT:

The kissing gate in question here at the entrance to the Boden Park open space from Ballyboden Way controls access and is intended to prevent unauthorised access to the area by scrambler motorbikes for example.  While the request to remove this control and to create easier access to the area for bicycles and other users is in keeping with the Council's aims to provide universal access, it should be noted that a proposal to provide a new access and footpath into Boden Park at another location has met with some opposition among local residents. 

If the current proposal is agreed by the members of the area committee then it will be included on the draft improvement works programme for 2026.  A commitment has been given to carry out local consultation with regard to the proposed new access and footpath, it is proposed that these requested changes to the existing kissing gate control could be included in that consultation process also.