Road Maintenance Operation Facility

Overview

The new road maintenance operations facility area will be reserved for the road maintenance fleet. The dlr road maintenance programme involves dealing with severe weather conditions on the public roads. The new road operations area will contain an operational hardstanding area, dedicated road maintenance fleet parking, salt storage barn, a brine manufacturing facility, a rainwater harvesting tank (from the salt barn roof), an automated wheelwash, and dedicated washdown facilities for the road maintenance vehicles.

The new facility includes for a new access road allowing direct access to both the existing operations facility and the Red Entrance service road leading to Ballyogan Road. The site will be fully serviced with lighting, water, electricity and communications.

The proposed development will serve as a dedicated road maintenance facility within which the majority of the road maintenance fleet to be stored, freeing up space for other dlr departments within the existing operations centre. The facility will also enable dlr to transition the road maintenance fleet to a pre-wet (brine) salting operation as opposed to the current dry rock salt operation, ensuring the roads operation can continue to meet operational and policy demands.

The overall development is outlined as follows:

○ Dedicated Road Maintenance Operational Fleet Parking
○ Operational Hardstand, Site Access, and Drainage
○ Operational Vehicle Wash Facilities
○ Salt Storage Barn
○ Brine Manufacturing Facility
○ Associated M&E including utilities, public lighting, telemetry, fencing, lighting 

The public consultation period for these plans will run from 11 September 2024 to 11 October inclusive. During this time, any individual or organisation can submit their observations using the following channels.

By completing the survey below for Road Maintenance Operations Facility (Part 8) as part of the statutory consultation period.

Data Protection Notice:

Please note that only submissions through the above official channels will be considered.

This survey is being carried out to find out your views on Proposed Road Maintenance Operations Facility. The information gathered will only be used for this purpose and will not be used for any other purposes. 

All comments, including names of those making comments, submitted to the Council regarding this development will form part of the report to be presented at a meeting of the elected members. Accordingly, they will also be included in the minutes of that meeting and may appear in the public domain.

You can read the Council's Data Protection Statement here

If you would prefer to share your views in a different format, official submissions can also be made: 

• in writing to Robert Mulhall Senior Executive Engineer, Infrastructure & Climate Change Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
• by email to James Phelan at jphelan@dlrcoco.ie
• by email to Robert Mulhall at rmulhall@dlrcoco.ie

All submissions or observations must be clearly marked “DLRCC Road Maintenance Operations Facility, Ballyogan” and received by 5pm on Wednesday 11 October 2024.

Contact

James Phelan or Rob Mulhall

Infrastructure and Climate Change - Road Maintenance

01 205 4700

jphelan@dlrcoco.ie

rmulhall@dlrcoco.ie

Why your views matter

Please share with us an comments or observations that you may have on the proposed development.