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Some small progress on the Baldoyle-Ballymun light rail

Written by davidhea
Feb 02, 2007 at 10:50 PM
At yesterday's Area Cttee, I raised the issue of progress in the light rail element of the multimodal study which the Council directed in September 2007 be carried out for the North Fringe/South Fringe Area.
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Result of meeting with Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 11:06 PM
As I mentioned before, Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus came into our Area Cttee. today. We got some interesting information, but there was definitely no breakthrough on any major issue.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report released on 2nd February

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 10:09 PM
The Summary for Policymakers of the report, “Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis”, the first volume of “Climate Change 2007”, will be released on 2nd February. The press conference will be broadcast live on the web.
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New sewage pipe to end discharge of raw sewage at Nose of Howth

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Construction work is starting for the new sewer which will take sewage from Howth and Sutton to Sutton pumping station. When finished this will end the discharge of raw sewage from the nose of Howth. There will be inevitable disruption during construction, but no work will be allowed on Harbour Road during the summer.
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Issues to be raised with Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Iarnród Éireann and Dublin Bus are coming to our Area Committee today. I will be raising the following issues. Unfortunately, unlike most European countries, control of public transport is completely centralised in Ireland. Local authorities have no power over public transport, so our influence is limited. I have submitted the following issues to be responded to.
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New Dart Timetable has fewer trains than 23 years ago

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 12:17 PM
One-hour gaps between Dart trains to Bayside, Sutton and Howth.
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Objection to proposed house on Evora Crescent oil tank

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 12:18 AM
I have objected to the proposed redevelopment of the former oil tank site on Evora Crescent, on the grounds that the site is contaminated yet the application contains no information on how it is to be remediated, and that the proposed house is an overdevelopment of the site, out of keeping with the area
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Objection to Balgriffin development

Written by davidhea
Feb 01, 2007 at 12:11 AM
I have objected to a planning application in Balgriffin, primarily against the road designs which would place pedestrians and cyclists at risk.
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Fingal Joint Policing Committee

Written by davidhea
Jan 23, 2007 at 08:52 PM
A Joint Policing Committee has been established to give local input into policing in Fingal. I have made some recommendations in relation to the operational programme which is in draft form now. I would be interested in any feedback on this.
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Howth Promenade Upgrade Approved

Written by davidhea
Dec 13, 2006 at 06:05 PM
The amendments proposed by the Howth Promenade Renewal Group including representatives of Howth Sutton Community Council and Howth Tidy Towns and myself were all agreed at the County Council meeting today. The proposal is now a major improvement on the original plan (which was already a good plan) and we can look forward to a fine promenade.
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Rubber footpaths will save trees, prevent cracking and improve safety

Written by davidhea
Dec 12, 2006 at 01:20 PM
>>UPDATE: Today's meeting agreed to get a report in February on the potential for rubber paving and on the priorities for the footpath repair.<< – Councillor wants to put a spring in the step of north-side residents Green Party Councillor David Healy will today ask Fingal County Council to consider the possibility of using rubber footpaths in the Bayside and Sutton Park areas of North Dublin. Council officials are currently planning to remove many road-side trees which have cracked footpaths, but rubber footpaths are not susceptible to root damage and would save the trees in these leafy areas of the city.
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Trees in Bayside / Sutton Park - Rubber paving the solution?

Written by davidhea
Dec 06, 2006 at 12:50 AM
The Council is proposing a tree felling programme in Bayside and Sutton Park due to damage to footpaths from tree roots. (See the report below.) I got the area Committee to defer this for a month to allow the public to express their views. Meanwhile, I have learnt of the use of rubber paving (recycled from old tires) around trees, as it flexes rather than cracks with the movement of roots. It is also a better surface to walk on and much softer if someone does fall. More information here, here, here and here.
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Planning files go online

Written by davidhea
Dec 01, 2006 at 02:56 PM
Fingal County Council has put planning application files online. The summary information for all applications since 1992 is online and the full file including scanned maps and plans, for applications since November 2005.

Water Supply Disruption

Written by davidhea
Dec 01, 2006 at 12:28 PM
Dublin City Council is cutting off the water supply over the weekend for work related to the Port Tunnel. Fingal County Council, which is dependent on the City Council for water supply to Baldoyle and Bayside was only informed on Wednesday. According to the Irish Times, the City Council deliberately decided not to give any more notice: "The work was planned but the council decided not to give notice earlier, Mr McKeown said. "This is not emergency work, but if we gave notice earlier we felt people might forget when the time came." Fingal's policy contained in its Water Services Standards of Service (approved by the Environment SPC which I chair) requires " For planned major interruptions written notification to all affected premises at least 3 days in advance." The reason this has not happened in this instance is the lack of notice from Dublin City Council. Information on the stoppage is below.
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Greens demand firm action over damage to Howth tramway

Written by davidhea
Nov 16, 2006 at 08:30 PM
Green Councillor David Healy welcomed the proposals to erect barriers to prevent unauthorised access to the Howth tramway. Since September, the tramway has been turned to muck by a builder using it to gain access to a construction site.
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