Update following local Council meeting held today 20th Nov
Dear all
Just an update there was a monthly council meeting held earlier today, and a motion was presented by Councillor Declan Flanagan to request that residents / electorates be given a chance for further consultation as the DCC have hired engineers for more advanced project planning, see below response, according to the DCC 60% of electorate are in favour of the whole scheme!!!
5dMotion in the name of Councillor Declan Flanagan
That this North Central Area Committee affirms its support for the residents of the Electoral Divisions of Clontarf East A, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Harmonstown A and Harmonstown B, who have concerns regarding the current proposals for the Gracefield Road to Vernon Avenue Walking and Cycling Scheme and calls for Jacobs, who are providing engineering services for the scheme and Dublin City Council to directly engage, face to face, with members of the public prior to finalisation of the detailed design stage.
Reply
The Gracefield Road to Vernon Avenue Walking and Cycling Scheme was published on the Dublin City Council Public Consultation Hub in June 2023 for four weeks between Tuesday, 6th June 2023 and Tuesday, 4th July 2023. There was a further one week extension of the consultation period from the 24th to the 31st of July, to accommodate the Public Information Event on the 25th of July. The Public Information Event had over 80 attendees.
Over 452 information leaflets were distributed in the area, primarily to residents with access directly onto the scheme. All the drawings were available to view in hard copy format in Raheny Library, during the consultation period.
In total, there were 802 responses to the public consultation, over the five week period and of these responses 710 were submitted via the consultation hub and 92 via email. The consultation results indicated that 60% of the respondents who made comments or observations (via the hub or email) had a positive sentiment towards the scheme. Whilst 35% were negative and 5% were neutral.
A public consultation report will be published which will summarise the results of the public consultation. The main concerns of residents, including concerns which are listed in the motion, will all be addressed in the public consultation report where there will be a detailed response to each.
DCC and the appointed consultants Jacobs have begun work on the detailed design. The design team are taking into account the feedback from the public consultation and where appropriate and feasible will amend the designs.
The Active Travel Programme Office will directly engage, face to face, with representatives of the local residents during the detailed design stage to seek to address concerns. This is expected to take place in early 2024.”
Regards
Eimear