Active Travel: Safe Routes to School - St. Kevin's National School

Overview

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is working with the National Transport Authority (NTA) to deliver their "Safe Routes to School"(SRTS) Programme, the aim of which is to improve safety at school entrances, improve access routes to schools and encourage as many pupils as possible in primary and post-primary schools to walk and cycle.

The SRTS Programme includes the delivery of “School Zones” consisting of public realm upgrades outside schools, which will:

• Reduce vehicular congestion at school gates.
• Encourage drivers to slow down in the vicinity of a school.
• Reduce vehicle drop-offs, pick-ups and vehicles idling at school gates.
• Highlight the presence of schools and their vulnerable road users.
• Provide the public with cleaner air, safer streets, and more vibrant and inclusive public spaces.

As part of this Programme, it is proposed to deliver a “School Zone”, public realm upgrades outside St Kevin's National School, Pearse St, Sallynoggin, Co. Dublin

What is proposed at St Kevin's National School?
A Parent Survey carried out in 2021 indicated that 98.1% of the parents of children in St Kevin's National School, Sallynogging, support works at the front of the school that improve student safety and put pedestrians and cyclists first.

The proposals include:

• Traffic calming in front of the school.
• Highlighting the presence of the school through coloured road markings, feature bollards, and traffic signage.
• Provision of additional raised pedestrian crossings.
• Provision of a dedicated two-way cycle lane adjacent to the school, facilitating cycling in both directions along the side of the road.
• Tight corner radii at Junctions.

The design features will be consistent with those proposed nationally under the NTA Safe Routes to School Programme.
 

How to make a submission: 

You can make a submission or observation on the Safe Routes to School: St. Kevin's National School via:

• Online at Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s public consultation portal (link to make a submission/observation at the bottom of the page). 
   
• In writing, to Senior Engineer, Active Travel, Infrastructure and Climate Change Department, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 K6C9 
   
• Or by email to info@dlrcoco.ie with the subject line being clearly noted as ‘Safe Routes to School: St. Kevin's National School'.

Submissions or observations should be clearly marked 'Safe Routes to School: St. Kevin's National School'.

All submissions or observations must include a contact name and address.
Submissions or observations made as part of the Part 8 process will be accessible upon request. 

The closing date for receipt of submissions is Friday, 17th July 2026.