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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 18, 2015
MOTION NO. 257
MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle
That Table 6.5 (Six Year Road Programme) be amended such that the description of ‘Clonburris/Kishogue Street Network’ include the following addition: “including a new road link from the Griffeen Avenue/Griffeen Road junction southwards to the Adamstown Link Road”; with Maps No. 1/2 to be amended to include this road alignment.
Co-sponsored by Cllr. Casserly
REPORT:
The lands to the south of the Griffeen Avenue/Griffeen Road junction are currently zoned A1 for the development of new residential communities. This zoning is proposed for retention within the Draft Plan (as Res-N). A major application (SD09A/0149) for mixed development on the LAP lands was granted An Bord Pleanala and does not expire until February 2018.
The street network permitted under SD09A/0149 provided for vehicular access between the junction of Griffeen Avenue/Griffeen Road and the Adamstown Link Road. However the street layout was designed to discourage through movement by vehicles within the proposed residential neighbourhood (which also includes the existing Lucan East Educate Together school). The route through the neighbourhood was indirect and the streets designed to be self-regulating with design speeds of 10-30 km/h. Such a route would not need to be identified within Table 6.5 as it would not form part of a strategic road network.
The provision of direct link that forms part of the strategic road network (i.e. as an alternate route to the Outer Ring Road) is not supported as the road would:
- conflict with the existing permission;
- be premature with regard to the review of the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme/LAP; and
- attract through traffic into the Kishoge Cross neighbourhood, raising safety and amenity concerns for future residents.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.