COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

MOTION NO.1

MOTION: Councillor P. Foley

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That the Chief Executive review the car parking facilities at Cherryfield Park, Firhouse Road.

This is a very well used car park at all times throughout the day.  At peak times, motorists are forced to park on the grass verges outside the entrance to the park. 

If this parking area was made 15 feet wider it would double the car parking capacity.  Can this car park be reviewed with a view to finding the necessary funds to extend it."

REPORT:

"The provision of proper access to the parks and open spaces of South Dublin - and which necessarily also includes consideration of car parking facilities - will be considered in the forthcoming Parks and Open Spaces Strategy document and which it is proposed to commence in 2017. In the case of Cherryfield Park and indeed all of the other locations in the Dodder Valley any increase in car parking facilities will involve consideration of:

• the impact on the environment of the valley
• the contribution to extra carbon emissions
• consideration of parallel transport options that could reduce the number of car journeys and their negative environmental impact
• the necessity to encourage more people to use the Valley for recreation and health and wellbeing purposes.

The car park in question will be reviewed as part of the proposed Dodder Greenway which is currently at preliminary design stage by the Land Use Planning and Transportation Department and is currently subject to environmental screening and report."