COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 186

MOTION: Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor V. Casserly, Councillor K. Egan, Councillor Baby Pereppadan, Councillor S. O'Hara, Councillor L. McCrave

That the County Development Plan sets the goal of delivering a Grand Canal Greenway to Hazelhatch 

REPORT:

Cycle South Dublin is a Council programme of works that aims to provide people with a well-connected, well designed, and safe cycle network that offers people a credible alternative to using the car. It proposes a set of 41 projects that would deliver nearly 210km of new and improved cycle lanes over the next ten years. Extending the Grand Canal Greenway to Hazelhatch is on the list of ‘Now’ Cycle South Dublin proposals to be delivered within the next four years, and Part 8 approval is in place for the project. As such, the scheme will be included in any list of proposed works to be incorporated in the Draft Development Plan. However, the motion is overly detailed for this strategic stage but could be considered as part of the draft plan preparation on foot of the strategic direction provided under the CE Recommendations ‘Promote and enable the delivery of infrastructure to increase the number of people walking and cycling’ and ‘Support the delivery of a comprehensive network for safe cycling over the lifetime of the new plan including the delivery of new projects and the upgrade of the existing network and identify specific projects for delivery where possible’.

Recommendation: 

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to recognise that this type of objective is overly detailed for this strategic stage but could be considered as part of the draft plan preparation on foot of the strategic direction provided under the CE Recommendations ‘Promote and enable the delivery of infrastructure to increase the number of people walking and cycling’ and ‘Support the delivery of a comprehensive network for safe cycling over the lifetime of the new plan including the delivery of new projects and the upgrade of the existing network and identify specific projects for delivery where possible’.