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Life with a 2 year old in Castleknock village

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  • #32
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Whites Gate is my cycle route so please noooooo...


  • #33
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,278 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    I'd happily protest against the reopening of Whites Gate.

    The Phoenix Park *is not* part of the national road network. No matter how people might like it to be- it isn't. Its a national park. If you want to change this- accept the consequences- which are it will be chopped into parcels, and the magnificent resource will be no more.

    Dublin 15 was (akin to Lucan) allowed to develop far beyond its capacity to cope- and its infrastructure and amenities (where they exist) have been totally overwhelmed. The answer to this is not to destroy the greatest amenity the rest of Dublin has though.


  • #34
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,565 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    The Phoenix Park *is not* part of the national road network. No matter how people might like it to be- it isn't. Its a national park. If you want to change this- accept the consequences- which are it will be chopped into parcels, and the magnificent resource will be no more.

    Where did I advocate "chopping up" the Phoenix Park? I too consider the Park a fantastic and unique amenity for Dublin but the fact is that it takes a huge amount of through traffic from Dublin 15. Where would this traffic go otherwise?

    We will get a glimpse of just how well Dublin 15 copes without through traffic via the Phoenix park when Castleknock Gate closes for 8 weeks next week.

    It is just not realistic to close the Park off to all motor traffic and I think the vast majority of motorists in Dublin 15 would agree with me.


  • #35
    Prisoner6409
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Prisoner6409


    The roads around Whites Gate are just not big enough to take large volums of traffic, it's already a nightmare travelling through Castleknock as it is. I for one am glad they closed Whites gate and I hope it stays closed.


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