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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 10, 2022

QUESTION NO.12

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to detail actions he is taking to encourage the development of Cycle Parking Bays throughout our County and will he make a statement? 

REPLY:

Active Travel have been supporting the rollout of cycle parking across South Dublin County with funding from the NTA.

In the second half of 2021 an application process for free cycle parking and installation for Schools and Sports Clubs was initiated, for which over 45 applications were received.  It is intended to fill the requirements of all of these applications, and the work of installing these cycle parking facilities will begin in Feburary 2022.

A new funding application has been made to the NTA for 2022 for further cycle parking and the Active Travel Team will be working with EWCC / Public Realm as well as alongside Schools and Clubs to fulfill even more cycle parking requirements at additional locations.

It is worthy to note that in addition to the cycle parking directly delivered by the Council, new developments approved through the planning application process must also provide a certain level of cycle parking, and the standards for cycle parking are setout in the County Development Plan.  These standards may differ depending on the type of land use and the extent of the proposed development.