“The principle objective of assessing the appropriate speed limits for our roads and streets is to ensure that the set speed limits are as safe and appropriate as possible for vulnerable road users, including children.”
Dublin City Council is set to expand its 30km/hr speed limit into further residential areas of the capital following the latest review.
The specific routes were chosen based on submissions from the last couple of years as presented by local elected representatives and members of the public.
Main roads are excluded unless located near public schools, where proposed periodic speed limits will apply.
Criteria taken into account include an engineered and designed layout, assessment against the accident database, speed survey information and direct consultation with An Garda Síochána.
“The principle objective of assessing the appropriate speed limits for our roads and streets is to ensure that the set speed limits are as safe and appropriate as possible for vulnerable road users, including children,” notes the official Dublin City Council statement.
DCC wishes to hear from members of the public with particular regard to the proposed speed limit extension, in addition to a pilot periodic speed limit on arterial routes.
Further details can be found here, while submissions can be made via consultation.dublincity.ie by 5pm on Tuesday 24 July.
The proposed new 30 km/hr speed limit routes are as follows:
- Howth Road from a point at Public Lamp Standard 86 and heading West for 160m and East for 60m, between the hours of 08.15 to 9.30 and 12.45 to 16.15
- Griffith Avenue from a point at Public Lamp Standard 11 and heading West for 373m and East for 67m, between the hours of 08.15 to 9.30 and 12.45 to 16.15
- Seamus Ennis Road from a point at Public Lamp Standard 70 and heading West for 78m and East for 92m, between the hours of 08.15 to 9.30 and 12.45 to 16.15
- Terenure Road East from a point at Public Lamp Standard 16 and heading East for 200m and West for 80m, between the hours of 08.15 to 9.30 and 12.45 to 16.15
- Clareville Road East from a point at Public Lamp Standard 11 and heading East for 79m and West for 100m, between the hours of 08.15 to 9.30 and 12.45 to 16.15
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