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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor P. Foley

"To ask the Chief Executive can a progress report be given to the Councillors on the progress of the Dodder cycleway project?"

REPLY:

A Technical Feasibility study for a Greenway pedestrian and cycle route along the River Dodder from Dublin City Centre to Bohernabreena was completed in 2012, and a Tourism and Economic Feasibility Study was completed in 2013.

The Dodder Greenway has significant potential to accommodate commuters, recreational users and tourists and to support business as well as to enliven towns and villages along its route.

The preliminary design of the route in South Dublin County Council area is currently well underway. As part of the preliminary design of the Greenway, it is necessary to consider how access to the route can be improved for potential users as well as to ensure good connections to attractions and services. South Dublin County Council have also recently appointed consultants who will carry out the environmental assessment for the full route on behalf of the adjoining counties. Its completion will require the preliminary design for the full route to be carried out, including the section in Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Dublin City Council are currently preparing to procure consultants to commence the preliminary design of the route downstream from Orwell Park to Grand Canal docks, and they will also include the design of the section through Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County.