Agenda and minutes

Order:Noted.

Order: Noted.

Order: Agreed.

       i.          Minutes of Traffic Advisory Group meeting held on 27^th February 2019.

       i.          Minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group meeting held on 27^th February 2019.

Order: Noted.

       i.          Further report on the proposed disposal of a plot of land at Longford Street Great, Dublin 8 to Kesteven Ltd.

      ii.          Report on proposed disposal of a plot of land at the rear of 9 Coolevin Road, Dublin 8 to Lucy Kelly.

       i.          Further report on the proposed disposal of a plot of land at Longford Street Great, Dublin 8 to Kesteven Ltd.

Order:Agreed to recommend to City Council provided that the need to preserve and display the archaeological finds from the site are written into the disposal.  The Councillors also asked that the possibility of installing bike parking infrastructure at that location be examined once the development is complete and the footpath has been returned to Dublin City Council.

      ii.          Report on the proposed disposal of a plot of land at the rear of 9 Coolevin Road, Dublin 8 to Lucy Kelly.

Order: Agreed to recommend to City Council.

       i.          Update on Community Development, Environmental Services Unit, Housing Projects & Local Area Improvements and Sports & Recreation Sections.

       i.          Update on Community Development, Environmental Services Unit, Housing Projects & Local Area Improvements and Sports & Recreation Sections.

Order:Noted.

Motion 1 from Councillor Patrick Costello (deferred from February meeting)

This committee agrees to trial closing Richmond Hill and Mountpleasant Avenue Lower to through traffic with filtered permeability to continue allowing pedestrian and cycling traffic through.  The current trial of no entry to Mountpleasant Avenue Upper has been successful in protecting pedestrians using that road, but has caused problems on the roads beside it.  There has also been many cases of cars ignoring the signs and driving through the no entry point. Trialling filtered permeability will ensure that all the roads can have the same benefit of reduced traffic and protection for vulnerable road users and pedestrians.

Order: Withdrawn by Councillor.

Motion 2 from Councillor Ruairí McGinley

That this committee agrees to support MetroLink South West proposal that would deliver sustainable public transport to Rathmines, Terenure and Rathfarnham.

Order: Agreed.

Motion 3 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This committee requests the manager to investigate the possibility of installing self-locking gates at Sandymount Green as suggested in the email submitted with this motion.

“To all on the Parks Department team,

Following on from a very positive proposal by Dublin City Council Traffic Management Team in November on introducing pedestrian safety features around Sandymount Green, headed by Neil O' Donohue and his engineering team, the issue of self-locking gates came up repeatedly from local feedback as another safety issue solution.  It was agreed this could complement and benefit the plan, and I was informed this comes under the Parks Department.

I am one of the many parents who use the green and have seen so many near accidents with children running, cycling or scooting out on to the open road, I believe we are literally on borrowed time before an accident occurs.  Due to the arrangement of the paths leading out through the open gates, it is near impossible for a young child to stop in time before realising they are on a road outside.

The Traffic Department are now implementing a fantastic plan to improve pedestrian crossings, which locals are very grateful for, and we would like to ask for self-locking gates to be implemented also.  This would make a huge difference to safety.  I know they have been implemented with a lot of success in Mount Pleasant Square Park, and I would like to request the same set up please.

I know in the past there were conservation issues related to the gates of the green, however I understand now with the amount of local community and political support for safety on the green, combined with the council's clever installation techniques which respect conservation design, that this is hopefully no longer an issue.  Particularly when it comes to preventing the death of a child.  Just last week I saw a parent running after a girl on her first bike, just following the path which led her onto the open road.  There were no cars coming.  If it had been a bus, which often speed, she would have been dead. This is  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

Order:Noted.