Agenda and minutes

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i.              Minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group meeting held on 26^th March 2024

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i.              Report of the Executive Manager

ii.             Housing Report January 2024

i.              Report of the Executive Manager

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ii.             Housing Report January 2024

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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

SOUTH EAST AREA COMMITTEE

MEETING DATE 08^th APRIL 2024

Motion 1 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This Committee agrees, in the context of Dublin City Council being the owner of the former Station House at Merrion Gates to give consideration to naming the station "Merrion Halt" as per the suggestion made in the email submitted with this Motion.

‘It would indeed be wonderful to see the building refurbished and repurposed.....and great too if it could be named 'Merrion Halt' in any new manifestation in honour of the old station....and indeed be clearly indicated that its address is Merrion.

Despite Merrion being older than Ballsbridge, Sandymount etc. and indeed mentioned by name by James Joyce - Estate Agents (and new home buyers) are trying to wipe Merrion off the map by claiming they live in Ballsbridge or Sandymount.

Order: Report to Councillor

Motion 2 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This Committee agrees to request Irish Rail to give consideration to reopening the Station at Merrion Gates for reasons including those stated in the details circulated with this motion.

Indeed - given that the Council is interested in reducing private traffic / the development of the 15 minute city - are you aware  by any chance as to whether consideration has ever been given by TFI/Irish Rail to reinstating  'Merrion Hall' as a new DART?

Given:

1. The redevelopment of the old Tara Tower Hotel into a Maldron Hotel

2. The new apartments built around Bellevue Avenue,

3. The huge existing office/residential campus that is Elm Park (directly opposite Merrion Gates)

4. The significant new additional residential development currently being built in Elm Park (due I think to come on-line later this year)

5. The apartments scheduled to be built at the former Gowan Compound site

6. The scope for further significant development of the remaining convent lands into the future

It would seem to be that there could perhaps be a case for the 'rebirth' of the Merrion Halt station.

Indeed St Vincent's Private hospital and the existing residences/businesses between Merrion Gates and Herbert Avenue  would all be closer to any such new station than they are to Sydney Parade.

Order: Report to Councillor

Motion 3 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This Committee requests the Manager to have Rugby Road, Ranelagh assessed for full road maintenance of the carriageway and included in the works programme. As a traffic calming measure and for environmental improvement the Committee also requests the Manager to prepare for implementation a plan to widen the footpath at the entrance to the road and to provide for some tree planting at that widened point.

Order: Report to Councillor

Motion 4 from Councillor James Geoghegan

To ask the area manager if he can arrange a street clean and sweep of Fairfield Park, Rathgar, Dublin 6 and if he can identify how often this street has is cleaned each year and if it could be added to a more regular rota.

Order: Noted

Motion 5 from Councillor Dermot Lacey  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Question to Chief Executive                                     South East Area Committee

                                                                                                Meeting 08^th April 2024

Q.1      Councillor Dermot Lacey

To ask the Manager to examine the pedestrian crossing that runs along Nutley Lane across the car park exit/entrance at Tesco to see if it can be made safer by the addition of Indicator Lighting and further to clarify if the crossing is on private or public lands and therefore to indicate whose responsibility it is to upgrade.

Reply:

The Property Registration Section in the Planning and Property Development Department stated that Dublin City Council has no title/ownership of the area in question (highlighted below).

Reply:

Following an assessment of the site it was found that the section of the footpath referred to in Cllr Lacey’s question on Nutley Lane is not taken in charge by Dublin City Council (DCC) please see attached map for more information. The Transport Advisory Group will further assess the site and the Councillor will be informed of the recommendation in due course.

The approximate area outside the Tesco store on Nutley Lane, indicated by the red boundary above, falls under the title/ownership of (DCC), the pedestrian crossing appears to be outside DCC ownership (as shown above).

Q.2      Councillor Dermot Lacey

To ask the Manager when the Public Lighting on Arranmore and Argyle Roads and adjoining roads will be upgraded to LED lighting.

Reply:

It is planned to upgrade all street lights in the City Council’s administrative area to LED street lights under the Lighting Upgrade Project over the course of the next 5 to 8 years.

The first few years of the upgrade project primarily focusses on the high volume standard street lights that you see around the city in particular in residential areas.

While the street lights on Arranmore Road and Argyle Road are standard street lights they are installed on heritage lighting columns that will not be upgraded until later in the project and an exact timeframe for the upgrade of these cannot be provided at this time.

Ongoing maintenance of the existing street lights will continue in accordance with normal maintenance regimes until such time as the upgrade works are completed. 

Q.3      Councillor Dermot Lacey

This Committee requests the Manager to include Herbert Park (Road) on the Road maintenance programme.

Reply:

The Area Engineer will carry out an inspection of Herbert Park/Road and consider it for inclusion in the Road Maintenance Programme for 2025. Or, it will be revisited by the Area Engineer should further funding become available this year.

Q.4      Councillor James Geoghegan

To ask the Area Manager if the motion sensors on the pedestrian lights on Anglesea Road just after Ailesbury Drive as your heading towards Ballsbridge could either be removed or fixed as they are oversensitive and come on when pedestrians are not trying to cross the road but simply walk passed them.  

Reply:

Regarding the operation of the touchless/contactless pedestrian push button unit (PBU) - we note that the footpaths are narrow at this location  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.