COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, February 12, 2015

MOTION NO. 180

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

That this Council promotes a greater use of the ORR to connect all the towns utilising the public transport available.

REPORT:

The provision of public transport services within the County is the responsibility of National agencies such as the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Railway Procurement Agency and overseen by strategic planning documents such as the NTA Integrated Implementation Plan 2013-2018 and (Draft) Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2011-2030.

The analysis process undertaken as part of the preparation the County Development Plan (2016-2020 identified a demand for movements between employment and population centres to the west of the Outer Ring Road, such as Citywest, Grangecastle and Lucan. This demand is likely to grow further due to employment and population growth in Citywest, Grangecastle , Adamstown and Clonburris. South Dublin County Council can, via the County Development Plan, identify a corridor for long term high capacity public transport. Any such proposal will however need to be discussed with the NTA prior to inclusion.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted.