COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
QUESTION NO. 5
QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty
"To ask the Chief Executive to outline in more detail what consultation process will take place - and the timeframe - for the latest plans to create a pedestrian and cycle way on the old Esker between Castle Riada and Moy Glas; Whether a long term option of a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Outer Ring Road will be looked at; What "permeability" will be suggested as access points into each estate and to outline what consultation with residents will take place?"
REPLY:
There are no current new proposals for a pedestrian and cycle way on the old Esker between Castle Riada and Moy Glas.
A scheme with NTA funding was proposed in 2012 and went through the Part 8 process, with very extensive public consultation.
However, the proposed scheme as amended by the Elected Members at the Council Meeting on 10th December 2012 is not one that the NTA are willing to fund.
We have discussed the matter with the NTA who have not provided a budget allocation for such a scheme in their 2019 grant allocation to SDCC.
The NTA would be willing to reconsider funding the scheme, as originally proposed (which did not include a bridge), if there was a strong prospect of getting it successfully through the Part 8 process.
If that scheme was to be reconsidered, it would be required to go through the full Part 8 process with associated public consultation.