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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

MOTION NO.5

MOTION: Councillor V. Casserly

This committee calls on the Manager to examine the feasibility of developing a framework where civil works are ongoing in the Lucan area, and council projects, that a roadmap is created to ensure adequate traffic management in the overarching area to avoid current situations of traffic chaos within the area.

REPORT:

SDCC are to the forefront of managing roadworks and we are the only county with a process to try amalgamate and align works by multiple parties on our road network and we do this through our T0 process. This will reduce the number of works on the network and also potentially deliver more efficiency within the work sites that do proceed.  

Every construction project on the public road requires a Road Opening Licence. For small scale work on local secondary/tertiary roads a T3 licence is appropriate but for larger/more disruptive work a T2 licence is required. SDCC assess and condition every T2 application in order to minimise disruption to the public. Common conditions include reduced working hours of 10am - 4pm or only permitting night/weekend work. There is also a condition that will prevent sites working in close proximity to each other if they have an overly disruptive effect on traffic flow.

We are aware that there is a large volume of work on the county road network and co-ordinating/managing this is a challenging task. What we do think will assist the public is providing more information on where roadworks are currently ongoing. We are engaging with the RMO on this and seeing is it possible to create this information point and how best to deliver it.