COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOTION NO.
MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons
'That the new County Development plan commit to designing and fixing the location of the first phase of the Western Dublin Orbital Route from Tallaght to Newcastle to address the on-going chronic commuter through traffic issues in Saggart ,Rathcoole and Newcastle villages and to set out appropriate land reservation corridor widths that will take cognisance of the needs for sections of the route to be elevated due to land topography and proposed N7 Flyover, with such corridor widths being sufficient for natural tree screening to reduce noise and visual impact on proposed new housing developments adjacent to the route.'
REPORT:
The Western Dublin Orbital Route is proposed in Table 7.6 ‘Medium to Long-Term Road Objectives’.
The motion seeks that the Development Plan commits to details of this road proposal including identifying a corridor, reserving land and detailed design.
A general alignment for the road is already proposed in the County Development Plan maps.
It is considered that a commitment to fixing the alignment and other details of the Western Dublin Orbital Route is premature pending the publication of the NTA GDA Transport Strategy Review which is being undertaken at the moment and is due for publication in early 2022. This study will determine if there is a need for this route and subject to that, and an in-principle funding commitment from the NTA / TII, a design process would then need to commence.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the motion is not adopted