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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor H. Farrell

To ask the Manager for a date for the promised audit of the junction at the Lucan Road and St. Joseph's College, Lucan. To also confirm if this prosed audit will assess the traffic performance during term time and at peak school hours in morning and afternoon, and if road testing for suitability for both the width of the main road and the radii of the bends will include the SDCC Mobile Library, fire brigades & ambulances, construction vehicles and other large delivery vans, as well as the arrival of large school coaches and public transport passing on both sides of the road.

REPLY:

An agreement to change and widen the corner radii at the junction of the Lucan road and Lucan Heights has been reached with the St. Joseph's school design team.  The school contractor will carry out the works during the school holidays, as this is the safest, and quietest time to make the necessary improvements. 

The proposed wider radii changes will stop the current issues being experienced by vehicles turning into and out of Lucan Heights road.  South Dublin County Council are confident that when the proposed corner radii have been fixed, that the junction will operate in a safe manner.  There will be adequate room for all vehicles to make the turn at the junction at an appropriate low speed.  

This proposed changes balance the needs for safe pedestrian movements and the safe movement of vehicles at this busy location.  South Dublin County Council are happy with the agreed solution, and are confident that the changes will be carried out early in the school summer break.