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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 12, 2021

QUESTION NO.3

QUESTION: Councillor Carly Bailey

Please outline any available funding, supports or planning conditions that relate to the installation of adequate and secure bicycle parking outside of local shops, including public pathways/carparking and where pathways and car parking is under not under the ownership of SDCC.

REPLY:

In 2020 the Council delivered bicycle parking for approximately 250 bicycles at different locations across the County. The Council has now secured approximately 200,000 of funding from the NTA to deliver over 600 new bike stands during 2021. These stands will be delivered at; schools, playgrounds and parks, villages and district centres and at public buildings. Work will be commencing shortly to identify where these should go. 

In addition to Council directly providing new cycle stands, the County Development Plan (2016 -2022) already includes standards for bicycle parking and cycling facilities as detailed in Section 11.4.1 of the County Development Plan.  This section also has regard for the NTA National Cycling Manual which under Section 5.5 provides for the a strategic approach to bicycle parking.

Similarly,  in relation to Apartments, new guidelines were issued in 2018 which supersede the recommendations in the CDP.  See ‘Design Standards for New Apartment Guidelines, 2018” .  This Council refers to these guidelines in all new applications since the guidelines were issued and details of these guidelines will inform the review of the new County Development Plans 2022 – 2028.

As such new development would be required to provide cycle parking in line with these adopted policies and standards.