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Press Release: Dún Laoghaire 13 October
2005
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Plans for the Monkstown Ring road have been criticised by the Green Party. Plans for the road have been submitted by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council to An Bord Pleanála.
The Green Party has advised residents who may be affected by the road, that they can make their views known to An Bord Pleanála at 63 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. The Plans are on display in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council Offices in County Hall on the Marine Road in Dún Laoghaire, and at the Council’s office in the Dundrum Office Park off the Main Street in Dundrum.
The Board is considering two separate issues. The first is the Compulsory Purchase Order for the land and buildings that the Council wants to acquire for the road. Submissions on this issue have to be received by the board on or before the 8th November 2005. The second is the Environmental Impact Statement for the Road. In this case submissions must be received by the 15th November 2005.
The Board will hold an Oral Hearing into the issue either later this year or in early 2006. A decision is expected from the Board by March next year.
Local Councillor Nessa Childers and Ciarán Cuffe TD are furious about the plans.
Councillor Nessa Childers said:
“This plan will demolish eleven homes at Yankee Terrace off Newtownpark Avenue. Over eighty trees also face the chop. All of this is being done in order to take thirty seconds off the car journey from Dún Laoghaire to Stillorgan. It is madness to proceed with the scheme.”
Ciarán Cuffe TD stated:
“The Council has admitted that the new road will introduce high levels of noise, vibration and air pollution into a quiet residential cul-de-sacs. A new road will just attract more cars. Instead we need better bus, Luas, DART and pedestrian facilities. New roads are not the answer to our traffic problems. Why waste millions on a road that’s not wanted?”
“The Planning Appeals Board will then hold a public local inquiry into all matters relating to the scheme. It has to consider any objections to the scheme. It may then may approve or refuse the development.
“Residents who have concerns about the road can write directly to the Board. The Compulsory Purchase Order is being applied for under Section 76 of the 1966 Housing Act, and the Bord Pleanála Reference is CH2226. The Environmental Impact Statement is being submitted under Section 51 of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by the 2000 and 2002 Planning and Development Acts, and the Bord Pleanála Reference is ER2052.
“The Green Party will be objecting to both proposals for the following reasons;
-The plan proposes the acquisition and demolition of sixteen homes;
-It will bring high volumes of traffic onto quiet cul-de-sacs at Fleurville and Brookville Park;
-The plans contradict the Dublin Transportation Initiative Final Report from 1994 that states on page 146 that there would be no significant increase in the provision of road space within the M50 ring road;
-There will be a reduction of open space at Fleurville;
-Up to eighty mature trees will be felled;
-It will make it exceedingly difficult for residents to cross the new road.
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