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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

This Area Committee agrees that to support Active Travel between the Grange View Estate in Deansrath, Clondalkin and (i) Kishogue Railway Station, (ii) Grange Castle Business Park, (iii) the Grand Canal Greenway, (iv) Kishogue Community College and (v) bus stops of the W4 bus route, that a new accessible pedestrian opening from the Grange View Road to the Outer Ring Road (R136) should be created at the location of the current informal off-road path which begins at the junction of Grange View Road and Grange View Wood.

REPORT:

As part of any Active Travel links, additional permeability will have to be created at several existing severance points along the route outlined above.  These proposed permeability links would need the support of the adjacent residential communities and business owners.  Public consultation on proposed permeability routes would need to be agreed through the planning process, either through the Part 8 or section 38 planning processes.  It must be borne in mind that gaining suitable permeability routes is subject to finding suitable levels and perhaps making openings in existing walls or hedging. Gaining agreement on these measures is often problematic.

SDCC support proposed permeability links to existing and additional bus stops and to the train station for onward journey connections. SDCC supports links to existing footpath and cycle links on the R136 and R113 roads, and future links to Grand canal and the Clonburris SDZ.