Public Consultation - Traffic & Road Safety: Churchtown Road Upper Traffic Calming Scheme

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is proposing to carry out traffic calming works on Churchtown Road Upper, from the junctions with Whitehall Road/Landscape Park, passing Da La Salle College to the junction with Landscape Crescent. The works will include an enhancement of streetscape, traffic calming, and provision of pedestrian crossing facilities. The Scheme will be implemented under Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1994.

The Council is undertaking a Non-Statutory Public Consultation to help inform the design and welcomes all submissions and observations on the proposals.

Scheme Details

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are developing a traffic calming scheme for Churchtown Road Upper. The aims of the scheme is to reduce vehicular speeds in the area and to improve pedestrian crossing facilities.

Wide carriageways encouraging higher vehicular speeds and a lack of good quality pedestrian crossing points were key challenges to be considered as part of the design process. A preliminary design has been developed to address these challenges.

The proposed works are intended to:  

• Provide traffic calming on Churchtown Road Upper by narrowing the road width, installing raised tables at key junctions and tightening junction radii to reduce vehicular speeds in the area.
• Provide a safer school zone in the area around De La Salle College.
• Provide improved pedestrian infrastructure by reducing crossing distances at junctions and installing pedestrian crossing points at key locations.
• Provide a new sustainable drainage system (SuDS) rain garden to improve the urban streetscape on Churchtown Road Upper.