Counters on Porterstown Road

I would guess it's to evaluate whether drivers are keeping within the new speed limit (it was reduced from 60km/h to 50km/h).

See the consultation that was held earlier this year.

I remember on something it was highlighted that the bottom of Dr Troy was a congestion hotspot and they were still going to exit Kellystown right into the middle of it. No bridges to the Clonsilla Rd. Closing Clonsilla Level Crossing. They couldn't have planned it worst if they tried.

I wonder how much traffic would take the train if the line was improved.

But I also think it's just inevitable traffic is just going to get worse. Increasing population old roads old towns. Bad planners, vested interests.

I expect D15 will merge with Clonee in the next 10years. It's will just all be built up.

Yeah theres a few there.

With the church and the park they've created quite a bottleneck.

You'd think they should make the park have one entrance at one end then one exit the other end. Left turn only. Very poor design the way they've done it.

I kinda meant the suburban sprawl in general.

That R149 is utterly changed in the last year.

I assume they don't need to know the wheel base it's just the time between the first pipe and second pipe being crossed by one axle.

When I moved to the Littlepace area, around 25 years ago, when I got a taxi and said "Cloner" to give them the general direction I would be told that it was "off the meter". No amount of explaining my reason for saying Cloned when I wasn't going to Clonee would wash. I told the driver I would get out at the edge of the meter area - which we didn't reach. I then started saying Blanchardstown to keep it simple.

Looking it up suggests they claim 99% accuracy but comments suggests it's more like 90%.

It measures pressure so two vehicles would be twice the pressure.

Seemed to have two sets of two pipes set up a distance apart.

Hopefully the end result is improving the access to Porterstown Park. It's carnage up there some nights.

What are you suggesting here? If cars are driving fast on the road, dont know how it affects the way people would be parking in the park. Or is something else?

Sorry, by 'carnage' I meant congestion with people trying to get into the park, not actual carnage in the sense of crashes and injuries.

The park has one very narrow entrance which exits onto a very narrow road. When the soccer, GAA and running clubs are all on at the same time (e.g. 6pm tonight), it gets very messy.

19 ramps going in between Diswellstown Manor and the junction at the church.

So the drivers failed to obey the lower speed limit and those that did obey it will now suffer. A-holes.

The consultation said: Speed surveys will be carried out following the speed limit reduction, and contingent on results, if required, traffic calming measures may be installed.

I would much prefer speed cameras.

I expect they will ruin it like strawberry beds. The issue is obviously lots of people speeding and no enforcement to discourage it.

It's becoming a main commuter route and traffic will only grow on it. There's also a lot of pedestrians and children in it now between Porterstown Park and Sommerton GAA and the Hotel.