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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2023

QUESTION NO.22

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the CEO to confirm his continued efforts to facilitate cycling across our County and will he make a statement? 

REPLY:

The Council's recently adopted County Development Plan (2022 - 2028) sets ambitious mode share targets of all trips including achieving a 15% walking and 10% cycling mode share within the life of the Development Plan. This would be an increase from 3% of trips made by cycling, based on 2016 CSO data. 

To support this, the Council is committed to delivering the agreed Cycle South Dublin Programme (2021). The programme sets a vision for South Dublin to become one of Irelands most cycle friendly counties. To achieve this the programme identifies over 65 projects to be commenced and progressed by 2030. To date significant progress has been made on these with over 20 projects currently underway either in design or on site. This increase in planning and delivery work is being matched with an increase in spend on active travel schemes from c.11m in 2021 to c.15m in 2022 and with a funding allocation from the NTA for 2023 for c.22m

Alongside the delivery of capital projects, the Council is also providing cycle training to schools and in 2022 provided training to nearly 900 students across the County. 

All planning applications are now assessed against robust cycle friendly policy and must ensure they meet the highest cycle design standards as set by the NTA. This ensures that as private development comes forward it is playing its part in delivering a high standard and connected cycle network.