{"id":82,"date":"2005-12-01T19:33:53","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"New\/altered_roads_and_paths_between_Baldoyle_and_Portmarnock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"New\/altered roads and paths between Baldoyle and Portmarnock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few months, I have submitted motions to the area
\ncommittee looking for an overview of the new roads in the
\nBaldoyle\/Portmarnock area.  What is clear is that there is no coherent
\noverall plan, although there are proposals in people’s heads.  (I have
\nmade notes of a meeting I had with officials from Planning and
\nTransport – very much my own point of view rather than minutes of the
\nmeeting.)  There are some serious issues here and my priority is
\nimproving facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. Notes in relation to road network in Baldoyle\/Portmarnock Area, <\/strong>
\npartly from meeting of 23rd November 2005  (Cllr. David Healy, Bob
\nBiddlecombe and Pauline Riordan, Planning, John McCarthy, Deirdre
\nSinclair and Peter Caulfield, Transport)<\/p>\n

1)    relevant documents<\/strong>
\na)    Plans
\ni)    County Development Plan
\nii)    Baldoyle action area plan
\niii)    masterplan
\niv)    draft Local Area Plan for Portmarnock end (being redrafted)<\/p>\n

b)    Permissions<\/strong>
\ni)    phase 1 F02A\/0921
\nii)    phase 2 F03A\/1162
\niii)    grange rd F02A\/1525
\niv)    grange rd 2 F03A\/1529
\nv)    Forth-coming phase 3 application being discussed with planning
\n
\nc)    Other relevant documents<\/strong>
\ni)    Dublin North Fringe Transportation Framework Study” October 2000
\nii)    “Extension to Dublin North Fringe Transportation Framework Study” October 2003, Atkins
\niii)    Dublin North Fringe Transportation Study, 2005, SIAS Ltd. <\/p>\n

I have had difficulty getting copies of these last 3 documents.<\/p>\n

2)    Issues discussed<\/strong>
\na)    Design of roads in development with particular regard to cyclists and pedestrians
\nb)    Junction of Coast road and road through park to Stapolin
\nc)    Coastal footpath\/cycle path
\nd)    Moyne Road
\ne)    pedestrian\/cyclist route along east of railway
\nf)    compliance submissions relating to new station.<\/p>\n

3)    Two further issues arising subsequent to the meeting<\/strong>
\na)    30km\/hr speed limit for entire new area
\nb)    Parking control in new area<\/p>\n

Design of roads in development with particular regard to cyclists and pedestrians<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concerns in relation to segregated route shown from Grange Rd. into
\ndevelopment, need for clarity as to priorities and detailed design in
\npermitted development, consideration of sightlines and desirability of
\nroutes.<\/p>\n

John emphasised that he would rather see no special provision than bad
\nprovision.  Planning is waiting for Transport’s input to
\ncompliance submissions.<\/p>\n


\nJunction of Coast Road and new road through park to Stapolin
\n<\/strong>
\nThis is already built although no compliance submission was approved,
\nwhich seems to be a breach of F03A\/1529   Question of
\nusability of design for pedestrians and also intention of design for
\ncyclists. To be looked at by Transport initially and Planning.<\/p>\n

\nMoyne Road<\/strong><\/p>\n

No fixed plans for this but various things under consideration. 
\nPotentially very expensive to alter railway bridge.  Attracting
\ntraffic to use the coastal route is not desired.  Transport to
\ncome back with further info.<\/p>\n

My thoughts subsequent to the meeting:  The road needs to be made
\nsafer for pedestrians in particular and also cyclists.  One
\npossible solution for the stretch which will not be seeing any frontage
\ndevelopment itself, i.e. Coast Road to Hole in the Wall Road might be
\nan off-road cycletrack beside a footpath, with little or no significant
\nchange to the existing carriageway.  This would also need to be
\nexamined at the bridge.<\/p>\n

\n Coastal footpath\/cycle path<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was discussed with Parks Department at November Malahide\/Howth
\nArea Cttee. and is to come up again at the December meeting. Issues
\ndiscussed:<\/p>\n

•    Biodiversity considerations.
\n•    Movement of carriageway inland to allow coastal walkway\/cycleway
\n•    Costs
\n•    Availability of development levies<\/p>\n

Peter to identify constraints and costs re coastal cycle track.<\/p>\n


\nPedestrian\/cyclist route along east of railway<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bob identified a route along the railway from Portmarnock station to
\nthe new station to Grange Road, meeting the existing right of way from
\nGrange Rd. to Howth Junction as potentially of great use to pedestrians
\nand cyclists.  To be considered for inclusion in Portmarnock LAP,
\npark plans and future planning applications.  (Note – although I
\ndidn’t mention it at the time, this could involve stairs to give access
\nto Grange Rd, possibly as well as a ramp going eastwards.  Also
\nwhether there is room under the bridge to continue the route at grade
\nshould be investigated.)<\/p>\n

\nCompliance submissions relating to new station.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was noted that it is intended to redesign aspects of the new station
\nby way of compliance submission and emphasised that the interests of
\npedestrians and cyclists must be looked out for when any such proposals
\ncome in.<\/p>\n

(2 new issues follow.)<\/p>\n

30km\/hr speed limit for entire new area<\/strong><\/p>\n

This would seem to be appropriate in a high-density residential area
\ndesigned to be a walkable community.  It would also facilitate
\nmore walkable design standards being applied at this stage.  I
\nwould suggest this should be progressed straight away.<\/p>\n

\nParking control in new area<\/strong><\/p>\n

Given the provision of off-street car parking for all residents and the
\npresence of a major potential trip attractor, i.e. the new train
\nstation, it would seem wise to control on-street parking from the
\nstart. I would be interested in Transport’s views on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last few months, I have submitted motions to the area committee looking for an overview of the new roads in the Baldoyle\/Portmarnock area.  What is clear is that there is no coherent overall plan, although there are proposals in people’s heads.  (I have made notes of a meeting I had with officials from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82"}],"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=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}