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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 25, 2017

QUESTION NO.16

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive for an update of the plans/measures to provide a bus route on the ORR connecting Lucan to Tallaght via Clondalkin and vice versa.

REPLY:

The NTA have commenced a project called BusConnects which will examine the design of the current bus network. In addition a recent commitment to invest €1bn in Dublin’s bus network, has been announced.

The BusConnects project is a suite of initiatives, proposed by the National Transport Authority (NTA), aimed at revitalising bus transport in Dublin. A planned redesign of the current bus network is one of nine initiatives within the BusConnects project, and is still very much in the early stages; data analysis is being conducted and design options and route choices are being discussed.

Dublin Bus are fully engaged with this project and have communicated that they are committed to promoting and protecting the interests of customers. Requests for new routes will be considered as part of this project.