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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor T. McDonald

Do the council have a visual mock-up and timeline for the planned accessibility upgrade to the Ballyowen Park entrance at Lucan/ Newlands Road, and will it resemble the impressive park entrance enhancements on Griffeen Avenue? 

REPLY: 

The park entrance enhancements on Griffeen Avenue were carried out as part of the Canal to Lucan Urban Greenway project and funded through the NTA.  The funding included provision for an enhancement of the surrounding area which included significant hard and soft landscape elements. 

The upgrade of the Lucan/Newlands entrance at Ballyowen Park is being carried out as part of the Public Realm Improvement Works Programme.  This programme includes works of a small scale which are funded from the revenue budget.  Works similar to that at Griffeen Avenue would require a significant budget and are outside the scope of the Improvement Works Programme.  There is no visual mock up for the project suffice to say that the work is designed to enhance accessibility and will result in the removal of the existing kissing gate.  The work will be carried out during 2026.