S.I. No. 342/1974 - Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Dublin and County of Dublin) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.


S.I. No. 342 of 1974.

ROAD TRAFFIC (SPEED LIMITS) (COUNTY BOROUGH OF DUBLIN AND COUNTY OF DUBLIN) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1974.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 5 and 45 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 46 of the said Act as amended by section 25 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Dublin and County of Dublin) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.

(2) The Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Dublin and County of Dublin) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1970 ) and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Dublin and County of Dublin) Regulations, 1970 and 1974.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 9th day of December, 1974.

3. In these Regulations, the "Principal Regulations" means the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) County Borough of Dublin and County of Dublin) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1970 ).

4. The First Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows:—

(i) by the deletion at reference 2 (a) of "Clonshaugh Road",

(ii) by the deletion of the matter at reference 2 (g),

(iii) by the addition of the following matter at reference 2—

"(v) St. John's Road (Kilmainham) between a point 50 yards east of its junction with South Circular Road and a point 50 yards west of its junction with Military Road."

5. The Second Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows:—

(i) by the substitution at reference 2 (c) of "700" for "400",

(ii) by the substitution at reference 2 (e) of "150" for "50",

(iii) by the substitution at reference 2 (g) of "250" for "50",

(iv) by the substitution for the matter at reference 2 (h) of "College Road between its junction with the Castleknock Road and a point 180 yards north of its junction with White's Road",

(v) by the addition of the following matter at reference (2)

"( j ) Grove Road for a distance of 700 yards from its junction with Scaldwoods Road.

( k ) All roads in the area enclosed by the Navan Road and the Castleknock Road between Ashtown Cross and Blanchardstown."

(vi) by the substitution at reference 4 (d) of "350 yards north-west" for "50 yards south",

(vii) by the substitution at reference 6 (b) of "50 yards south of its junction with the Grange Road, Baldoyle" for "100 yards north-east of the said boundary,"

(viii) by the substitution for the matter at reference 6 (g) of "All roads ( other than those roads in the area which are described at reference 7 in the Third Schedule to these Regulations) in the area which lies between the boundary of the County Borough of Dublin and a line drawn as follows:—

Starting at a point where the boundary of the said County Borough intersects the western edge of Killeen Road and thence in a southerly direction along the said western edge to the junction of Killeen Road with the Naas Road, thence in a south-westerly direction to a point on Robinhood Road at its junction with Ballymount Road Upper, thence in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point on the Ballymount Road Lower 450 yards west of the point where the boundary of the said County Borough intersects its northern side, thence in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point on the Greenhills Road 600 yards south-west of its junction with St. Peter's Road, thence in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to the western end of Wellington Cottages Road, thence in a straight line in an easterly direction to a point on the western edge of Wellington Lane 100 yards south-west of its junction with Wellington Cottages Road, thence in a southerly and south-easterly direction along the said western edge to its junction with the main Dublin-Blessington road, thence in a north-easterly direction along the northern edge of the main Dublin-Blessington road to a point 350 yards south-west of its junction with Bridge Road, thence in a straight line in a southerly direction to a point on the southern edge of Firhouse Road 50 yards south-west of its junction with the Knocklyon Road, thence in a straight line in a south-westerly direction to a point on the southern edge of Knocklyon Road 50 yards east of its junction with the Ballycullen Road, thence along the said southern edge of Knocklyon and Scholarstown Roads to the junction of Scholarstown Road with Stocking Lane, thence in a north-easterly direction to a point on the western edge of Ballyboden Road opposite its junction with Taylor's Lane, thence in a north-easterly direction along the said western edge to a point 60 yards south-west of its junction with Ballyroan Road, thence in a straight line to the eastern edge of Ballyboden Road opposite the last mentioned point, thence in a south-westerly direction along the said eastern edge to a point on the southern edge of Taylor's Lane at the junction of that road with Ballyboden Road, thence in a south-easterly direction to a point on White-church Road 440 yards south of its junction with Taylor's Lane, thence in a north-easterly direction to the point on the northern edge of Fortification Road at its junction with Grange Road, thence in a northerly direction along the western edge of Grange Road to a point 100 yards south of its junction with Sarah Curran Road, thence in a straight line in an easterly direction to the point where the boundaries of the townlands of Churchtown Upper, Dundrum and Ballinteer meet, thence in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point on the southern edge of Ballinteer Avenue at the junction of the said road with Grange Road, thence in a straight line in an easterly direction to a point on Ballinteer Road 150 yards south of its junction with Wood Park Estate, thence in a straight line in a south-easterly direction to a point on the eastern edge of the Enniskerry Road at the junction of the said road with the Sandy-ford Road, thence in a southerly direction along the eastern edge of the Enniskerry Road to a point on the southern edge of Hillcrest Road at the junction of that road with the Enniskerry Road, thence in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to a point on the Kilgobbin Road 100 yards south-east of its junction with Hillcrest Road, thence in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to a point on the north-eastern edge of Glencairn Road at the junction of the said road with Leopardstown Road, thence in a north-easterly direction along the south-eastern edge of Leopardstown Road to the south-western edge of Torquay Road at the junction of Torquay Road with Leopardstown Road, thence in a south-easterly direction along the said south-western edge of Torquay Road and its continuation as Brighton Road and Brennanstown Road to a point on Brennanstown Road 1,300 yards south-east of the junction of that road with Cornelscourt Hill Road, thence in a straight line in an easterly direction to a point on the Dublin-Bray road 700 yards south-east of its junction with Johnstown Road, thence in a straight line in a north-easterly direction to the boundary of the Borough of Dun Laoghaire at the junction of Rochestown Avenue and Ballinclea Road, thence initially in north-easterly and northerly directions and subsequently in a general north-westerly direction along the boundary of the said Borough to the Boundary of the County Borough of Dublin at Booterstown."

(ix) by the addition of the following matter at reference 6—

"( h ) The Ashtown Road for a distance of 540 yards from its junction with the Navan Road.

( i ) Cherrywood Road between its junction with the Dublin-Bray road and a point 50 yards north-east of its junction with Mullinastill Road.

( j ) Clonsaugh Road where the said road is a perimeter road.",

(x) by the addition of the following matter at reference 9—

"( h ) The Clondalkin Road for a distance of 870 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Leixlip road.

( i ) The Esker Road for a distance of 1,050 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Leixlip road.

( j ) Tandy's Lane for a distance of 1,120 yards from its junction with the Dublin-Leixlip road.",

(xi) by the substitution at reference 13 (a) of "150" for "100",

(xii) by the substitution at reference 19 (c) of "850" for "600",

(xiii) by the substitution at reference 21 (h) of "300" for "150",

(xiv) by the substitution at reference 21 (i) of "1,400" for "360".

6. The Third Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows:—

(i) by the deletion of the matter at reference 5 (a),

(ii) by the addition at reference 7 (a) of "Tymon Lane, Ballymount Road Upper, Blackglen Road, Harold's Grange Road, Hillcrest Road, Commons Road, Loughlinstown.",

(iii) by the substitution for the matter at reference 7 (cc) of

"Ballyboden Road between its junction with Stocking Lane and a point 60 yards south-west of its junction with Ballyroan Road.",

(iv) by the deletion of the matter at reference 7 (g),

(v) by the substitution at reference 7 (h) of "50 yards south of its junction with Belcamp Lane" for "300 yards north-east of the boundary of the County Borough of Dublin",

(vi) by the deletion of the matter at reference 7 (j),

(v) by the substitution at reference 7 (h) of "50 yards south of its junction with Belcamp Lane" for "300 yards north-east of the boundary of the County Borough of Dublin",

(vi) by the deletion of the matter at reference 7 (j),

(vii) by the substitution for the matter at reference 7 (r) of

"The Navan Road between a point 30 yards north-west of its junction with Ashtown Grove and a point 950 yards north-west of the boundary of the County Borough of Dublin.",

(viii) by the deletion of the matter at reference 7 (s),

(ix) by the deletion of the matter at reference 7 (y),

(x) by the addition of the following matter at reference 7—

"(xx) The Ballymount Road Lower between its junction with the Belgard Road and a point 450 yards west of the point where the boundary of the County Borough of Dublin intersects the northern side of the road.

(yy) St. John's Road (Kilmainham) between a point 50 yards east of its junction with South Circular Road and a point 50 yards west of its junction with Military Road.

(zz) The Greenhills Road between a point 600 yards south-west of its junction with St. Peter's Road, Walkinstown and a point 450 yards west of its junction with the Dublin-Blessington road at Tallaght.

(aaa) The Grange Road between its junction with Harold's Grange Road and a point 100 yards south of its junction with Sarah Curran Road.

(bbb) The James Larkin Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with the Howth Road.

(ccc) Killiney Hill Road between its junction with Shanganagh Road and its junction with Seafield Road.

(ddd) The Dublin-Blessington road between a point 350 yards south-west of its junction with Bridge Road, Templeogue and a point 900 yards east of its junction with the Greenhills Road, Tallaght.

(eee) Stocking Lane between its junction with Ballyboden Road and a point 200 yards south of its junction with Scholarstown Road.

(fff) Edmondstown Road for a distance of 100 yards from its junction with Ballyboden Road.

(xi) by the substitution at reference 9 (a) of "Esker Lane" for "Old Hill Road",

(xii) by the addition of the following matter at reference 9—

"( c ) The Lower Road between a point 450 yards north-east of its junction with Lucan Bridge and a point 900 yards north-east of the said junction.",

(xiii) by the insertion after the word "at" at reference 10 of "and adjacent to",

(xiv) by the addition of the following matter at reference 10—

"(d) The Coast Road (Portmarnock Road) between a point 50 yards east of its junction with Bath's Lane, Malahide and a point 1,200 yards north-east of its junction with Blackberry Lane, Portmarnock.",

(xv) by the addition of the following matter at reference 11—

"(b) Shanganagh Road between its junction with the Dublin-Bray road and a point 300 yards south of its junction with Wyattville Road."

(xvi) by the insertion after the word "at" at reference 13 of "and adjacent to"

(xvii) by the substitution for the matter at reference 13 of

"Belgard Road between its junction with the Naas Road, Clondalkin and a point 100 yards north-west of its junction with the Dublin-Blessington road.",

(xviii) by the addition of the following matter at reference 13

"(b) The Blessington Road between a point 50 yards west of its junction with the Belgard Road and a point 100 yards west of its junction with Fortunestown Lane.",

7. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended as follows:—

(i) by the insertion after the word "and" at reference 2 of "100 yards south-west of".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this 28th

day of November, 1974.

JAMES TULLY,

Aire Rialtais Áitiúil.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (County Borough of Dublin and County of Dublin) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970 and alter the speed limits applicable to certain roads in County Dublin.