Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion

2:15 pm

Mr. Terry Sheridan:

Yes. Account must also be taken of the design manual relating to urban roads that was jointly published by our Department and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in the past year or so. The aim of that manual is to improve the design of housing estates. One can achieve a great deal in terms of reducing speed by slightly tweaking the design of estates. I will forward a copy of the circular to the Senator. It is a matter for local authorities, under their by-laws, to set speed limits on existing estates.