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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, February 04, 2016

MOTION NO. 124

MOTION: Councillor R. McMahon

To remove the cycle lane proposal through Monalea Wood and Sally Park and redirect it down the Firhouse Road to the Ballycullen Road junction and up the Ballycullen Road.

REPORT:

All Cycle routes illustrated within the Draft Plan (and Cycle Network Plan) are indicative only.  The route was finalised under a Part 8 permission in 2012.  The route varies from that shown on the Draft Plan Maps and and connects Firhouse Road via Monalea Wood and Monalea Park (via public road and upgrade of existing pathway system) only.  The route no longer is proposed via Sally Park.  The Development Plan Maps can be amended to reflect the route permitted under Part 8.

Table 6.4 – Six Year Cycle Plan of the Draft Plan includes the Primary Route S05 linking Tallaght to Ballyboden via Old Bawn, Dodder Valley Park, Firhouse and Knocklyon (linking to Dun Laoghaire).  The route is shown on Map 37 of the Book of Maps, and is reflective of that shown within the Greater Dublin Area Cycle Network Plan (2013) produced by the National Transport Authority.  The proposed route from Firhouse Road to Ballycullen Road is shown via Sally Park, Monalea Wood and Monalea Park. 

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment:

To remove the cycle lane proposal through Sally Park and redirect it along the route of the approved Part 8 for the Tallaght to Ballyboden Cycle Route.