COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh, Councillor Liam Sinclair, Councillor L. Donaghy, Councillor S.McEneaney

Sustainable Movement - pg 198 Motion: To amend SM4 Objective 1 as follows: To work closely with transport agencies including the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to protect capacity and deliver improvements and extensions of the strategic road network, where necessary and in line with national, regional and local climate action plans.

REPORT:

The motion seeks to insert the wording ‘and in line with national, regional and local climate action plans’ into SM4 Objective 1 so that it reads as follows:

‘To work closely with transport agencies including the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to protect capacity and deliver improvements and extensions of the strategic road network, where necessary and in line with national, regional and local climate action plans’.

It is noted that TII and NTA will have regard to climate action targets in their strategies / programmes and as such, the amendment proposed by the motion is considered reasonable

Recommendation

It is recommended that the motion be adopted.  Amend SM4 Objective 1 to read as follows:

‘To work closely with transport agencies including the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to protect capacity and deliver improvements and extensions of the strategic road network, where necessary and in line with national, regional and local climate action plans’.