COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 202

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole

That the Chief Executive, under the section Infrastructure and Utilities makes a strategic objective to facilitate a suitable corridor for a Luas to Lucan and has regard to same in the designation of potential routes in consultation with the NTA so that no developments that would hinder such a route would be permitted during the lifetime of this Development Plan.

REPORT:

It is Council policy to support the delivery of the NTA Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 – 2035, which provides for the extension of the Luas to Lucan, providing a high capacity link into the centre of Lucan’s large residential areas to the south of the N4, and connecting to the city centre. The Council will facilitate a suitable corridor. However, as there is no designated/designed route or line, the motion would be premature and overly restrictive at this stage.  Notwithstanding this, the motion is broadly supported by the CE Strategic Recommendation ‘Support the use and improvement of the heavy and light rail networks within the County, in collaboration with the relevant transport providers, to provide a much-improved public transport offering and to support the principle of compact growth and integrated transport and land use planning alongside this’.  This CE Strategic Recommendation will allow the Draft Plan to respond to the points contained in the NTA pre-draft consultation submission including the preparation of policies and objectives for light and heavy rail within the County. 

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 use and improvement of the heavy and light rail networks within the County, in collaboration with the relevant transport providers, to provide a much-improved public transport offering and to support the principle of compact growth and integrated transport and land use planning alongside this’.