Fingal County Council is going to provide protection to cycle lanes on Grange Road, Warrenhouse Road and Howth Road, similar to the protection installed in Hartstown, D15 and River Valley, Swords. Details are in this presentation given to the Area Cttee in January.
David Healy
Green Party / Comhaontas Glas, Howth / Beann Éadair – Malahide / Mullach Íde
Hi David,
Any chance the could push the bike way from grange road bridge at the railway line all the way to the Donaghmede roundabout? For us, it would make it much safer cycling to school in Belmayne. We can connect to another bike way from there.
The Railway is the boundary between Dublin City and Fingal. I’ll ask what Dublin City is considering for that stretch.
Hi, I’d love to know who I can speak with about the proposed options for the segregated cycle lanes on Baldoyle Road. I live on Baldoyle road and the markings are down showing where the bollards will go. It is clear that 80% of cars go into the cycle lanes due to the narrow roads. Mini busses are unable to get through the road without going into the lanes and cars, like my own are unable to get onto the road without waiting for traffic to clear on the other side if bollards go down. Can you please advise who the person responsible is before there are serious accidents on the roads. The lanes are also way too narrow for bollards to go down and I’m very concerned
Thanks for your help
Ciara Twohig
Hi Ciara,
Apologies for the delay in replying. (The comments were overloaded with spam but that seems to have been resolved now.)
Now that the bollards have gone in I and the engineer responsible would be interested in your feedback on how it is working out. You might give me a ring at 087 6178852?
Regards,
David
Hi David
As a parent of 3 children, one in Montessori and the other two in primary. I am just curious as to how you expect me a working mother to get them all to school with these new cycle lanes in place and get back to start my working day on time.
I am all for new cycle lanes if we had the infrastructure in place to take them. Also I feel you could of allowed strict permitted parking times outside schools and Montessori to allow drop offs and pick ups take place.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Kim
Hi Kim,
We’re facing a big societal challenge to rectify the mistakes we have made in discouraging people from walking and cycling. The Council is committed to addressing the unacceptable situation where people are afraid to cycle and walk in the local area and in particular afraid to have their children travel to school by foot or bicycle. This will mean that some of the car parking practices which have been common will have to change. The purpose of the bollards is to prevent illegal parking on footpaths and cycle lanes.
There is space within the church carpark which could be used for drop-off by car. In addition, the old Howth Road at St. Mary’s church is the nearest spot with on-street car parking. That’s estimated as a 6 minutes walk and has plenty of space.
I’m concerned also about the difficulty crossing the Howth Road. Two years ago, having been contacted by the parent of one of the other children in the Montessori school, I raised the need for a pedestrian crossing at this location. I’m following up on that again in the context of this work. Having access to the admittedly limited space on Claremont Road may be another alternative for parishioners and for parents dropping children to the school by car, if we can make it safe to cross Howth Road. A safe crossing here would also make bus access far more practical.
Best regards,
David