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Road Safety

Designated Cycle Friendly Routes for County Meath – Notice of Motion

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting – 11th June 2018, Council Chamber, Railway Street, Navan.

9 Notice of Motion

9.4 Submitted by Trevor Golden

“Calling on Meath County Council to publish on Meath.ie a list of cycle friendly routes, to
improve road safety for cyclists. Selection of cycle friendly roads should consider
presence of a hard shoulder, width of carriage way for safe over-taking and traffic
volumes. The list is to encourage cyclists to use the safest roads available to them and is
not intended to prohibit any route.”

Response:

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and
considered.

The current and proposed rural cycle routes between towns in Meath and adjoining
counties are shown on the National Transport Authority’s Cycle Network for the Greater
Dublin Area which can be accessed on
https://www.nationaltransport.ie/publications/transport-planning/gda-cycle-networkplan/
and this link will be included on meath.ie

Notice of Motion – Designated Cycle Friendly Routes for County Meath

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting – 11th June 2018, Council Chamber, Railway Street, Navan.

9 Notice of Motion

9.4 Submitted by Trevor Golden

“Calling on Meath County Council to publish on Meath.ie a list of cycle friendly routes, to
improve road safety for cyclists. Selection of cycle friendly roads should consider
presence of a hard shoulder, width of carriage way for safe over-taking and traffic
volumes. The list is to encourage cyclists to use the safest roads available to them and is
not intended to prohibit any route.”

Response:

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and
considered.

The current and proposed rural cycle routes between towns in Meath and adjoining
counties are shown on the National Transport Authority’s Cycle Network for the Greater
Dublin Area which can be accessed on
https://www.nationaltransport.ie/publications/transport-planning/gda-cycle-networkplan/
and this link will be included on meath.ie

HGV Routes for Safer Towns & Villages.

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting
9th April 2018, Council Chamber

9 Notice of Motion
9.7 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

For the Transport SPC of Meath County Council to designate HGV routes throughout the county and propose any by-laws required. The purpose of such routes:

  • Divert HGV traffic to higher capacity routes (National & Motorway).
  • Reduce HGV traffic in towns & villages.
  • Improve Road Safety on Regional and Local Roads.

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and considered. It is recommended that this matter be referred to the Transportation SPC and that the SPC extend an invitation to Cllr. Trevor Golden to attend the meeting to contribute to the discussion.

Expand Winter Gritting Routes

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting
5th March 2018, Council Chamber

9 Notice of Motion
9.2 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

“The members of Meath County Council call on the Transport SPC to investigate the use of feeder hoopers (fixed & mobile) at various locations throughout the county to better utilise existing resources and, where appropriate, expand the gritting routes. If the SPC deems the proposal feasible, a proposal for full adoption be brought before the council. This is an attempt to address the problems highlighted to Councillors at the previous review of the gritting routes.”

5th March 2018, Council Chamber
9 Notice of Motion
9.2 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

The members of Meath County Council call on the Transport SPC to investigate the use of feeder hoopers (fixed & mobile) at various locations throughout the county to better utilise existing resources and, where appropriate, expand the gritting routes. If the SPC deems the proposal feasible, a proposal for full adoption be brought before the council. This is an attempt to address the problems highlighted to Councillors at the previous review of the gritting routes.

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and considered. The Winter Maintenance Plan represents the best prioritised extent of coverage based on road classification, historic weather data, average daily traffic counts, and available funding.A review of the winter gritting network takes place at the end of each season setting out any issues encountered during that period. A full review was presented to the Transportation SPC in 2017. It was agreed that certain parameters should be considered and a criteria for including any new roads set out in a policy document, which was subsequently approved by the Council.The Transportation SPC will include the proposal in the above motion, for investigation, in its review of the Winter Maintenance Plan for 2017/2018 at the end of the current season.

Link to Minutes on Meath County Council

Traffic Calming Policy

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting
7th November 2016, Council Chamber

9 Notice of Motion
9.4 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

For Meath County Council to introduce a Traffic Calming Policy referencing the National Traffic Management Guidelines and to include the following local factors

  • Requests from the majority of residents similar to the plebiscite used in planning for taking in charge requests. 
  • Length of road
  • Recorded speed
  • Accident history
  • Traffic volumes
  • Vulnerable road users

On adoption of the policy, each Municipal District would use this criteria to allocate funding and prioritise works.

Notice of Motion – Meath Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 initiative

Meath County Council Adopts Stayin’ Alive at 1.5

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting 3rd October 2016.

9 Notice of Motion
9.1 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

“Meath County Council to adopt Safe Cycling Ireland’s Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 initiative.
Supporting details can be found at http://www.safecyclingireland.org/stayin-alive-at-1-
5/

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and
considered.
This matter was referred to Meath Sports Partnership and the Staying Alive 1.5
information is now available for viewing on the Meath Sports Partnership website.
www.meathsports.ie

Notice of Question – Contractors to grit public roads?

Meath County Council Ordinary Meeting 3rd October 2016.

8 Notice of Question
8.2 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden

“Are any systems/polices in place to allow the use of contractors to grit public roads?”

Response
There is a Winter Gritting Review Sub Group (a Sub Group of the Transportation
Strategic Policy Committee) meeting on Thursday 29th September and an SPC meeting
on the 13th October to review and discuss the 2016/2017 Winter Maintenance
programme. Systems/polices regarding the use of contractors to salt public roads shall
form part of these discussions.

Notice of Motion – Traffic calming St. Loman’s Street

Trim Municipal District Ordinary Meeting 16th September 2016. 7 Notice of Motion 7.1 Submitted by Councillor Trevor Golden “That Meath County Council urgently addresses the issues relating to speeding and pedestrian safety on St. Loman’s Street – these issues were raised at meetings of Trim Municipal District in April and November 2015 and February and July 2016, in addition to being raised in correspondence submitted to Meath County Council from June 2015 to July 2016.”
Date Sent To Subject
Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:59 AM mXXX@meathcoco.ie Road Markings for Speed
29 January 2016 13:13 memXXXX@meathcoco.ie Fwd: Road Markings for Speed
Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:16 PM memXXX@meathcoco.ie Road Safety – Enquiry
Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:07 AM memXXX@meathcoco.ie Access Issues – St. Loman’s Street
Wed, May 4, 2016 at 10:03 AM memXXX@meathcoco.ie Traffic Safety – St. Fintinas, Longwood & St. Patricks, Trim
Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:28 AM pXXXX@meathcoco.ie RE: FW: Road Markings for Speed
Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 8:38 AM JXXX@meathcoco.ie Re: School safety Longwood and Trim
Supporting information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and considered: With regards to the provision of a pedestrian crossing at Loman Street, a speed survey is required to be undertaken. The Council is currently reviewing approximately 200 locations throughout the county, which have been highlighted regarding potential speed limit or speeding issues. It is confirmed that Loman Street (L-4022) in Trim is included on the schedule of areas for review and, as part of this review, traffic speed surveys are due to be carried out in the coming weeks. Any decision in relation to a pedestrian crossing at this location will be based on the results of these surveys and other relevant data gathered during the review while also taking into account available resources and funding.

Winter Gritting Routes – Policy & Funding

Meath County Council Monthly Meeting
1st February 2016, Meath County Council Chamber.

8. Notice of Motion
8.5 Submitted by the Meath Independent Technical Group

Meath County Council call on the Minister for Transport with Transport Infrastructure Ireland to revise the policy and funding regarding Winter Gritting Routes to address the inadequacies of the current system whereby population centres can be excluded due to the designation of roads. Routes to population centres above a reasonable threshold should be prioritised regardless of road designation.

Supporting Information subject to the motion being proposed, seconded and considered.

Meath County Council salts over 580km. of roads across 10 routes in the county each time icy roads are predicted. All National Primary (100km/h – Priority 1), all National Secondary (80km/h – Priority 1) and approx. 80% of all Regional Routes (80km/h –Priority 1/2) are salted. Approximately 15% (by length) of all roads in the county are treated. The M1 (Dublin – Belfast), M2 (Ashbourne By-Pass), M3 (Clonee – Kells) and M4 (Dublin -Sligo – Galway) are taken care of by private entities. The NRA provides full funding to the Council for the salting of the National Road network. There is, however, no central funding for the Non-National (Regional & Local) Road Network. The Council makes limited resources available from its maintenance funds towards the salting of the regional routes. The Council’s resources are fully utilised at present and the only way to add a new route to the Winter Maintenance Plan is to drop an existing route. Meath County Council is not in a position to increase resources or to drop an existing route. However, Meath County Council carries out full reviews during and at the end of each season for the preparation of the following seasons Network.The Salting Network is agreed with Councillors and represents the best prioritised extent of coverage based on road classification, historic weather data, available funding and resources. A map of the salting routes is available on the Council’s website www.meath.ie.

Link to Minutes on Meath County Council.