Tentative steps to initiate traffic calming at Baskin
Wednesday November 18 2009
TENTATIVE early steps are being taken to initiate a project to calm traffic on the busy Baskin Lane in Kinsealy. Following a motion laid down by Cllr Alan Farrell (FG), calling for a public consultation process to begin on installing traffic calming measures on the lane, the council's transportation department said it would undertake a study of traffic speeds and flows in the area. The transportation department said: 'Baskin Lane is quite an important road in terms of traffic function given that it links the Malahide Road with Clonshaugh Road and the Airport. Similar to most other roads in the area it is subject to a 60kph speed limit. 'Baskin Lane is over 2.5km in length and, while it has intermittent development over most of its length, the main concentration of dwellings is over a distance of 750m or thereabouts centred on Baskin Cottages.'
Outlining the scope of the project, the department said: 'Given the volume of traffic and the relatively sub-standard road width and alignment, significant measures would be required to traffic calm even the shorter length centred on Baskin Cottages.
' The installation of ramps would first require a reduction in the speed limit and additional public lighting may need to be provided or upgraded.'
The transportation department said it will 'arrange for surveys to be undertaken to establish the nature of the traffic speeds and flows at this location, in order to inform decisions and to assist in any future design process'.
