{"id":750,"date":"2017-08-30T13:53:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidhealy.dublin13.com\/?p=750"},"modified":"2019-04-08T19:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T19:48:59","slug":"response-to-parks-and-open-spaces-bye-laws-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"Response to Parks and Open Spaces Bye-laws consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a public consultation earlier in the year in relation to bye-laws for Open Spaces and Parks. I opposed the provision in relation to dogs and cyclists before they went on display and made the following submission to the consultation. It\u00a0also addresses the use of motor vehicles in parks.<\/p>\n

Cycling in parks and open spaces, giving way to pedestrians<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n
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Section One – Bye Law 4.6(A) Traffic, Bicycles, …<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I disagree with the proposed amendment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The proposed bye-law bans all cycling in parks and open spaces, including\u00a0linear routes, except on
\n– designated routes and
\n– for children under 12 accompanied by adults.<\/p>\n

To the best of my knowledge there are no such designated routes. Certainly there’s no information online as to any such routes.<\/p>\n

The bye-law is a slight adjustment of the existing bye-law.<\/p>\n

Routes through a number of Fingal parks and open spaces are included in the GDA Cycle Network Plan. The National Cycle Policy Framework promotes the use of parks to create traffic-free routes.
\nObjectives of the County Development Plan\u00a0include providing cycle routes through a number of Fingal Parks and implementing the Cycle Network Plan . Renewing a bye-law banning cycling on these routes is not acceptable and is not in compliance with the County Development Plan.<\/p>\n

Many Fingal parks are important routes to for local students accessing secondary schools by bicycle. For example Seagrange Park Baldoyle and Malahide Demesne.<\/p>\n

Suggested bye-law: Cyclists must behave in a manner respectful of other parks users and\u00a0the character of the area\u00a0and\u00a0must give way to pedestrians at all times. Cyclists must not use any route which has been designated as closed to cyclists and must obey any directions of Fingal County Council whether given by signs or by a parks warden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Priority to pedestrians<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Section Two – Bye Law 4.6 (E,G,H,I) Traffic, Bicy…<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I disagree with the proposed amendment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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All vehicles in parks and open spaces should be required to yield to pedestrians. Reports of authorised vehicles effectively telling pedestrians to move out of their way are not acceptable.<\/p>\n

Suggested bye-law additional to that proposed:<\/p>\n

All motor vehicles\u00a0must be driven\u00a0in a manner respectful of the character of the area and other parks users, give way to pedestrians at all times, and obey any directions of Fingal County Council whether given by signs or by a parks warden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dogs need exercise<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Section Three – Bye Law 4.7 Animals<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I disagree with the proposed amendment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A\u00a0reasonable\u00a0bye-law could\u00a0provide for\u00a0certain\u00a0areas identified by signage\u00a0where\u00a0dogs would have\u00a0be on a lead. However to require all dogs to be on a lead on all open spaces\u00a0is unreasonable.<\/p>\n

As it stands, this proposed\u00a0bye-law would prevent most dogs getting adequate exercise in all parks and Council-maintained open spaces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a public consultation earlier in the year in relation to bye-laws for Open Spaces and Parks. I opposed the provision in relation to dogs and cyclists before they went on display and made the following submission to the consultation. It\u00a0also addresses the use of motor vehicles in parks. Cycling in parks and open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[82,73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}