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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, September 06, 2010

MOTION NO. 24

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

 Regarding amendment PA175 seeking to delete SLO 26. Cloverhill – Connection to M50 Motorway, that the original wording and objective be restored to read as follows:

“Provide a connection to the M50 Motorway at Cloverhill to serve the industrial and residential areas of North Clondalkin by providing a roads infrastructure to:

a) Maintain a southern connection from Palmerstown Woods Estate to Clondalkin Village;

b) Divert heavy commercial out of Clondalkin Village, via the Cloverhill Motorway Interchange.”

REPORT:

The provision of an interchange at this location does not form part of any funding plan by Government. The members voted to delete the SLO at the Council Meeting in May 2010.   The deletion of the SLO reflected the funding position.  While the deletion of the SLO would reflect the funding position, its inclusion in the Draft Development Plan in the past reflected the expressed will of the Member’s for it to remain. 

It is the assessmentof the SEA that the proposed Cloverhill connection to the M50 would promote and encourage increased car movements and car dependency. It recommends that this objective not be reinstated.

With respect to the potential positive impacts of removing the connection, the Manager would recommend that the motion not be adopted.

 

Manager’s Recommendation:

That the motion not be adopted