Dn Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has rejected a request from a councillor to remove bollards protecting a cycle lane on Avondale Road in Co Dublin, outlining that improving safety for people cycling is part of its Road Safety Plan.The motion put down by Cllr Frank McNamara (FG) said: That the Council remove all plastic bollards along the cycle lanes on Avondale Road.DLR Cycling, a branch of the Dublin Cycling Campaign, criticised the councillors motion for cycle lane bollards to be removed and noted that a death occurred at a location in the same council area where bollards were removed.The group said: Hard to believe a councillor putting down a motion to remove bollards not long after someone lost their life when bollards were removed.The reference to a fatal collision relates to the death of Price-Martin,who died at the junction of Upper Glenageary Road, Oliver Plunkett Road, Kill Ave, and Highthorn Park.DLR Cycling added: These bollards are necessary until a permanent scheme is done.According to records released under FOI to this website, the bollards were removed from the junction by persons unknown and dumped in a garden sometime before her death. The collision involved a truck driver who had entered the junctionfrom the same direction.The junction is around 2km from Avondale Road.In its written response to Cllr McNamaras motion, Dn Laoghaire Rathdown County Council said it has no plan to remove the Avondale Road cycle protection scheme, which was implemented for road safety reasons.James Byrne, a senior executive engineer in the traffic and road safety section of the council, said: The Introduction of safe segregated cycle lanes forms part of local and national transportation and climate action plan policy. Improving facilities for cyclists also forms part of the Council Road Safety Plan 2022-2030.Following a presentation to the Area Committee and a leaflet drop to residents, the Avondale Road cycle protection scheme was introduced in 2022. The bollards served to increase the safety for cyclists utilising the cycle lanes and there is no plan to remove the cycle protection scheme, Byrne said.He also confirmed that a number of bollards on the road were removed or altered in recent years following requests from residents.Cllr McNamara has been contacted for comment.IMAGE: DLR Cycling,.