Road markings will be placed on Bunting Road
Busy road will get slow markings after concerns about speeding in the area
Two slow road markings will be placed on the approaches to Bunting Park and Bunting Road after concerns were raised about speeding in the area.
The new markings were recommended following an assessment of the two roads in Walkinstown.
Councillor Ray Cunningham noted that the area in question is a busy one, with a park used regularly by a local GAA club among other things.
Many children who attend the training with St James Gaels have to cross Bunting Road to enter the park.
“They do a lot of kids training, especially on Saturday, Cllr Cunningham noted. “There isn’t any proper pedestrian crossing points on the road.”
Houses also line the length of the road with many families living in the local area.
The new road markings will supplement the existing 30 kilometres per hour slow zone signage on either end of Bunting Road.
The new measures are only short-term solutions for the problem, with pedestrian crossings marked to come in soon.
The road is expected to be redeveloped under the BusConnects programme in the coming years – a move that will see the addition of cycle lanes on each side of the tarmac.
BusConnects is an initiative by the National Transport Authority that aims to make transport more sustainable, improve access to public transport and lower private vehicle use in busy areas.
However, the timeframe for the Bunting Road plan is not set in stone and Dublin City Council do not wish to make large-scale improvements when the long-term fix is still expected to come.
“We’re not sure when that work is going to happen – it could be next year, or it could be later.
“So, in the meantime, this is going to help. It’s not a full solution, but it is going to help while we’re waiting for that longer-term thing…the councillors don’t really want to be doing more serious work on the road because they don’t want to put in something that could be taken out.”
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