Ballyer in Motion - Join our campaign to make Ballyfermot friendlier for all road users! We want to make Ballyfermot a place where our kids can walk, scoot or cycle to school / the park / Nanny's house safely.

We are calling on the National Transport Authority (NTA) and our elected representatives to immediately reverse the last-minute changes to the approved Liffey Valley BusConnects corridor plans.

After years of careful research, community engagement and planning, the NTA received approval for a plan that would make our roads safer for all road users.

This included:

✅ Safer streets for children, pedestrians and cyclists
✅ Reliable and frequent public transport
✅ Public spaces for children and families including new play or social areas
🟰 A community that prioritises people, not traffic

However, now the NTA has proposed major revisions just months before construction begins. These changes seriously undermine the original vision for a safer, more sustainable, and commuter-friendly Ballyfermot. 

The original plan went through multiple public consultations, expert reviews, and was approved by An Bord Pleanála. These last-minute alterations ignore that process and favour private car traffic over public good.

Here’s just some of the problems of the new plan:

⚠️ Increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists due to longer crossings and a confusing junction redesign.
❌ Scrapping of two new children’s playgrounds to create car parking outside a church.
🛻 A new cut-through likely to encourage rat-running and unsafe driving around the junction.
🚫 Removal of the eastbound bus lane on Ballyfermot Road — replaced with a general traffic lane.
This isn't just a design change — it's a betrayal of the promises made to our community.

We demand that the NTA and elected officials:

• Reinstate the original, approved design for the Liffey Valley corridor
• Honour the integrity of the public planning process
• Put the needs of the broader community first, not just the cars and drivers

📢 Help us protect the future of Ballyfermot — for commuters, for children, for everyone.

Sign now. Share widely. Let’s hold decision-makers accountable.

ABOUT US

We're Katie and Orla, two Ballyer mams doing our best to use sustainable transport with our young families. We've been actively engaged with BusConnects since public consultation began in 2018. The approved plans will make it safer and more attractive to walk, cycle, and use the bus—cutting traffic for those who still need to drive.

We were floored to see the rollback designs in this RTÉ article. That’s why we’ve launched Ballyer in Motion—to push back and keep our streets moving forward.

Here are two images of the BusConnects route that received approval from An Bord Pleanála. These images have now been removed from the NTA's channels.

The "revised" design for the junction published on RTE.ie shows a dangerous new layout that puts pedestrians and cyclists in conflict with drivers. They have also removed the west-bound priority bus lane from the design so buses will continue to get stuck in traffic: