COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Monday, September 06, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 22

HEADED ITEM:

Recommended deletion of PA195 which proposes a new SLO Liffey Valley Town Centre -Traffic

which states:

“To actively seek to have N4 motorised traffic gain access and egress to and from Liffey Valley Town Centre so as to relieve the presence, pressure, hazards and pollution of unnecessary motorised traffic on the Palmerstown residential community. “

REPLY:

It is considered that the provision of this route is not necessary in the context of traffic management, considering the view expressed by the Manager that there were significant engineering and safety reasons why the proposed access/egress would not be possible or desirable. Also with regard to the Environmental Report Liffey Valley Town Centre is located along the future routes of Metro West and the Lucan LUAS, providing significant public transport connectivity to surrounding areas and the region. Increasing car based movements would undermine the attempts to encourage and facilitate public transport movements, thereby increasing transport emissions and car dependency.  It should be noted that significant work was carried in realtion to access to Liffey valley, including traffic modelling, as part of the Liffey valley LAP. This LAP is adopted and forms the basis for the management of development in this area.

Manager’s Recommendation

It is recommended that Proposed Amendment PA195 be omitted from the Draft Plan.