Blessington Road Closure

The Blessington Road at Tallaght Village will be temporarily closed at the end of March according to a notice on the South Dublin County Council Website.

P. Elliott & Co. Ltd has requested a temporary closure on Old Blessington Road (Tallaght Road), Tallaght, Dublin 24 from 5a.m. to 8p.m. on Saturday 10th March, Sunday 11th March, Saturday 24th March and Sunday 25th March, 2007, in order to remove a tower crane from the Priors Gate Development Site.

The alternative routes are via Greenhills Road Extension, Tallaght Bypass N81 Eastbound, Glenview Link Road, Old Blessington Road Westbound

Diversion signs will be erected.

Local access will be maintained at all times.

Any person interested may lodge an objection with the Senior Executive Officer, Roads Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Tallaght, Dublin 24 not later than 4.30pm on Friday 23rd February, 2007.

Council launches new Roads & Transportation website

South Dublin County Council today went live with its new style Roads & Traffic website, a section of the general Council site at www.sdublincoco.ie.

The Department describes itself:

"The responsibilities of the Roads Department include the maintenance and upkeep of the existing public road network. The public road network consists of carriageways, margins, footpaths and kerbs. Other responsibilities include planning, design and construction of new roads and motorways, public lighting, traffic management measures incorporating provision for traffic safety and the operation of a school warden service.

"Conscious of the vital importance of an adequate public road network to economic and social development, the Council's Roads policy is to bring the public road network to a reasonable standard through construction, realignment, timely and adequate maintenance/repair in accordance with a planned programme and to provide appropriate traffic management measures to ensure efficient and safe transportation for all road users."

The site includes a news section showing latest Road Works and also information on Pay & Display permits in the SDCC administrative area.

View site

Temporary Closure of Belgard Square West, Tallaght

Danninger [a construction company] have requested a temporary closure on Belgard Square West, Tallaght from midnight Friday 26th January to midnight Sunday 28th January, in order to facilitate the dismantling of a tower crane from the Danninger Tallaght 2 Project Site.

The alternative routes are via Belgard Square North, Cookstown Way, Old Blessington Road. Diversion signs will be erected. Local access will be maintained at all times.

Any person interested may lodge an objection with the Senior Executive Officer, Roads Department, South Dublin County Council, County Hall, Town Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24 not later than 5pm on Tuesday 16th January, 2007.

South Dublin County Council Website

Joe Neville on the roads

Councillor Joe Neville (FF) has received several replies from the South Dublin County Council's Roads Department to questions about the DSW area:

• In regard to his request for the provision of a pedestrian crossing at the top of the opposite side (south bound) off ramp on the Knocklyon/M50 Interchange, Cllr Neville has been informed that a traffic count is being carried out at the location.
• Regarding Tallaght Village, it has been reported that traffic flows will be returned to their original configuration once works underway there have been completed. However, the traffic lights sequence on the N81/Old Bawn junction will be examined, especially the evening right-turn onto the Old Bawn Road from the N81.
• There are no plans to erect “No Parking of HGV’s" signs in Glenview Park Estate, as this matter was already dealt with by the erection of signage on all roads entering and exiting the County.
• The Bus-only exit adjacent to The Square cannot be modified to allow taxis to also use the exit. The mechanism which changes the traffic lights at this location to allow buses through cannot differentiate between taxis and private cars.
• The roundabout at Tallaght Hospital will be provided with new road markings once building works in the area are completed. It has been determined that the pedestrian lights in that vicinity are in the optimum position and will not be moved.
• Pedestrian light phasing at the Belgard Road/Embankment Road junction will be part of the 2007 works.
• The turn from Ballymount Road, Kingswood onto Belgard Road cannot be provided with a left filter lane due to insufficent room to create a left-turning lane in the road.
• Following problems with all-day parking by passengers on the nearby LUAS, Belgard Heights, the Heath and the View may get double-yellow lines subject to formal consultation with the Garda Commissioners Office. A yellow box is to be provided on the road at Kingswood View and the Old Belgard Road. There are no plans to change the existing island at Embankment Road/Kingswood, Luas Station, which is considered to be adequate.