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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 206

MOTION: Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor V. Casserly, Councillor K. Egan, Councillor David McManus, Councillor Baby Pereppadan, Councillor L. McCrave

That the County Development Plan provides for adequate public transport to Clonburris Strategic Development Zone.

REPORT:

The Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 – 2035 and the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme 2019 provide for high quality bus and rail services to serve the planned population growth in Clonburris.

Access to services along the Kildare/Cork Railway Line from the SDZ lands is currently provided by the Clondalkin-Fonthill Railway station. The Kishogue Railway Station, which was constructed along Grange Castle Road as part of the Kildare Route project, is not currently operating but is due to open in 2022. Both Railway stations will form focal points for the two planned urban centres within the SDZ lands. Both stations will serve as interchanges between rail, bus, car, walking and cycling. Bus lanes are also in place to serve the SDZ lands along Grange Castle Road (R136), Fonthill Road North (R113), Adamstown Avenue (L1058) and Thomas Omer Way (L1059).

Other projects including the DART Expansion Programme, the Lucan Luas, the Tallaght – Blanchardstown Core Orbital Bus Route and other Core Radial Bus Routes will connect the SDZ lands, including existing public transport services and infrastructure into an integrated cross metropolitan network of orbital and radial routes and will greatly expand the route and mode choice for public transport users including residents and employees in Clonburris.

The motion is broadly supported by the CE Strategic Recommendation:

‘Support the delivery and improvement of public transport infrastructure and services across the County including BusConnects, rail and LUAS in terms of connections, capacity, and efficiency of services in line with national and regional policy’. 

Recommendation:

It is recommended that the 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:

‘Support the delivery and improvement of public transport infrastructure and services across the County including BusConnects, rail and LUAS in terms of connections, capacity, and efficiency of services in line with national and regional policy’.