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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 198

MOTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

That this Council directs the Chief Executive to include an updated objective in the new Development Plan for a strategic new western orbital link road to initially connect the N7 to the N4 (west of Lucan or Leixlip); and ultimately to connect to the N3 am to include a desire line on the plan for the preferred route agreed by this Council

REPORT:

As part of the preparation of the draft Development Plan a review will be carried out of existing road and transport infrastructure objectives including any revisions to existing objectives or new objectives that may be considered necessary. This review will take account of government policy and of the NTA’s GDA Strategy and of submissions and consultation with the NTA and TII. Cognisance must be had of the cross-boundary effect of projects on wider traffic circulation and also of environmental impacts and this is a matter which requires input from NTA and TII.  

The need to be consistent with NTA policy objectives is reflected in the current Development Plan policy (TM policy 4) and specifically Objective 1 is: ‘To secure the implementation of major road projects as identified within the relevant strategies and plans for the Greater Dublin Area.’ 

The proposed motion is premature and 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 Recommendation.

Recommendation:  It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment to recognise that this type of policy provision or 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 Recommendation, (See Part 3), page 30:

‘Work with TII and other national agencies, to protect and enhance the capacity of national routes, such as the N4, N7 and N81 and M50 to minimise the impacts on the management of the broader network’.