COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 204

MOTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

Sustainable Movement: That this Council shall promote the creation and maintenance of a proper public transport infrastructure throughout the county, to include the continuation of the Metrolink to Dublin South West, the Luas to Lucan, and more orbital CBCs.

REPORT:

The motion is broadly in line with the CE Strategic Recommendation that the Draft Plan will ‘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’. However, there is no proposal in the NTA Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 – 2035 for a Metro link to Dublin South West. The Transport Strategy provides for several orbital bus corridors.

The above CE Strategic Recommendation will allow the Draft Plan to include the preparation of policies and objectives for public transport within the County in accordance with the NTA Transport Strategy. There is an obligation for the Development Plan to accord with the NTA’s strategy.

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

‘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’.