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General Dunshaughlin news

Exile59

Hi all,

As a relatively recent reluctant 'blow in' to Dunshaughlin, I've been surprised at the explosion in development in the area over the last few months, with plenty of new housing developments, Lidl, Avoca down the road and of course the obligatory rumours of Facebook and Google considering relocating their European headquarters to this part of the country!!!

With the inevitable impending explosion of population and correlating return to a thriving town I said i'd set up a thread where people go go for information etc on the local area.

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Borderfox

Hopefully

rizzee

Borderfox wrote: »

Next on the agenda is the speed of the car traffic on that road

Ramps more than likely? Especially with the school on that road.

Borderfox

Next on the agenda is the speed of the car traffic on that road

niallb

I suspect this is directly related to Kilsaran getting the go ahead to accept 5.6 billion tonnes of heavy construction waste at Swainstown between Dunsany and Kilmessan over a period of 14 years.

This is roughly speaking one truck every 10 minutes 6 days a week between 8am to 6pm (2pm on Saturdays).

GeneHunt

I found something in relation to this HGV Ban on the Meath County Council Site.

Road Notices & Information

Traffic / Roads Update - Regulatory HGV Signage - 7.5 tonne maximum vehicle gross weight signs on a section of the L-2208 Dunsany Road in Dunshaughlin - takes effect from 10.00a.m. on Monday, 16th July 2018

Date Released: 13 June 2018

Road Traffic Act, 1961

REGULATORY HGV SIGNAGE - DUNSHAUGHLIN

Section 95 (3) (b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 (as amended) provides that a road authority may, after consultation with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, provide in respect of public roads in their charge such regulatory signs as they consider desirable.

Meath County Council, having already consulted with the Commissioner, intends to provide regulatory 7.5 tonne maximum vehicle gross weight signs on a section of the L-2208 Dunsany Road in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath between its junction with the R147 at Dunshaughlin/Cooksland to its junction with the R125 at Readsland/Roestown.

This will now take effect from 10.00a.m. on Monday, 16th July 2018.

Borderfox

I had brought this up as a solution to one of the councillors but he was more of the opinion to use ramps on that road. Id be delighted to see that and other measures to slow all traffic on that road.

GeneHunt

Borderfox wrote: »

I had a chat about the level and speed of traffic down the Drumree Road and one possibility raised was ramps. The traffic that is avoiding the toll is using the Drumree Road as the feeder back onto the M3 where its signposted correctly back to the water tower on the r147 and then onto the M3. Where I live there is a huge amount of HGV traffic going down what is a very narrow road by the Arch Bar onto the Drumree Road.

Any thoughts

Has anyone heard a rumour that the Drumree road from the village out to the roundabout near the GAA pitches is to have a HGV ban? If it's true it would be great news.

GeneHunt

New Pharmacy CarePlus (Conaty's) to go into one of the new units in front of the new Lidl, which is opening on 19th July.

GeneHunt

Just found this thread today, I didn't know of it's existence till now, but I will be posting here in future.

Exile59

So it's a Costa Coffee opening in the new glass unit at the front of Lidl. Not a big fan of their coffee at all myself, but hey, it's a vote of confidence in the town.

As for the most recent opening in Dunshaughlin, we had a coffee and carrot cake in Cafe Bella last weekend. The coffee was nice, the carrot cake was really tasty. Huge portion, easily enough for two of us in the one slice. There's seats outside which is good for the nice weather. I have to say though, the decor inside was definitely not to our liking. Very dark.

Best of luck to them though and great to see new business opening!

rizzee

Have walked that road many a time back on the day (never mind back from the vortex/swans/Ashbourne!!!) and would absolutely love a footpath connecting the two villages.

Gonzo

Archiebello wrote: »

If this development goes ahead, hopefully they will get realign that stretch to get rid of the hairpin bends on the Ratoath Road. When you have had a late night in town, you always feel those bends the worse on the 109A.

yeah hopefully they will realign the road and build a footpath. That stretch of road is not good and incredibly dangerous for anyone walking.

Archiebello

Gonzo wrote: »

another very large area of land seems to be for sale and is already zoned residential. This one is on the Ratoath side of Dunshaughlin right next to the huge development already taking place at Seachnails road.

https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/meath-residential-lands-at-525m-36962356.html

If this development goes ahead, hopefully they will get realign that stretch to get rid of the hairpin bends on the Ratoath Road. When you have had a late night in town, you always feel those bends the worse on the 109A.

Diddleydoo

Borderfox wrote: »

I had a chat about the level and speed of traffic down the Drumree Road and one possibility raised was ramps. The traffic that is avoiding the toll is using the Drumree Road as the feeder back onto the M3 where its signposted correctly back to the water tower on the r147 and then onto the M3. Where I live there is a huge amount of HGV traffic going down what is a very narrow road by the Arch Bar onto the Drumree Road.

Any thoughts

I came to live here nearly 40 years ago and the Drumree Road was quiet, none of the hair raising speed chasers or HGVs tormenting us. A letter was sent in years ago by someone asking could something be done, it didn't even warrant a reply so that just goes to show you. There was an announcement recently about installing road signs telling HGV drivers the road is only for local access, yep, that is really going to stop them. If Cavan County Council can put huge ramps everywhere, so can MCC.

Bussywussy

Borderfox wrote: »

Is that in behind Jennys?

Indeed it is...i won't get a chance to try it until next week..

Borderfox

Bussywussy wrote: »

Cafe Bella is opening tomorrow 21st at 11am

Is that in behind Jennys?

Bussywussy

Cafe Bella is opening tomorrow 21st at 11am

Bussywussy

Exile59 wrote: »

Excuse me...there actually is an abundance of restaurants.

You must be forgetting Massimo's, The Village Grill, Dragon Chinese Take Away, Pizza Point, The Snug, Apache Pizza, The Golden Phoenix and now Supervalu has a hot food counter and a salad counter.

Any discerning upwardly mobile professional couple would be mad not to factor in Dunshaughlin's thriving food scene when considering a move.

:-) I'll settle if we got a fifty 50

Exile59

Bussywussy wrote: »

"An abundance of restaurants " is included in that,ha come on....

Excuse me...there actually is an abundance of restaurants.

You must be forgetting Massimo's, The Village Grill, Dragon Chinese Take Away, Pizza Point, The Snug, Apache Pizza, The Golden Phoenix and now Supervalu has a hot food counter and a salad counter.

Any discerning upwardly mobile professional couple would be mad not to factor in Dunshaughlin's thriving food scene when considering a move.

Gonzo

Bussywussy wrote: »

"An abundance of restaurants " is included in that,ha come on....

pity the article didn't mention the abundance of hairdressers!

Bussywussy

Gonzo wrote: »

another very large area of land seems to be for sale and is already zoned residential. This one is on the Ratoath side of Dunshaughlin right next to the huge development already taking place at Seachnails road.

https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/meath-residential-lands-at-525m-36962356.html

"An abundance of restaurants " is included in that,ha come on....

Gonzo

another very large area of land seems to be for sale and is already zoned residential. This one is on the Ratoath side of Dunshaughlin right next to the huge development already taking place at Seachnails road.

https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/meath-residential-lands-at-525m-36962356.html

rizzee

Might give people a kick in the hole to get a train station next!

Exile59

I think with Lidl opening and such an amount of development in the 'village' there will hopefully be a good level of consultation/planning re the traffic plans for a number of areas in Dunshaughlin, not just the above named areas.

There's new estates being built at almost every entrance to the village and this is going to result in an absolute bottleneck for traffic in the centre. It's fantastic to see such life breathing into Dunshaughlin, but it's vital that the proper infrastructure is in place by MCC to ensure slower traffic, safe road crossings, and better parking with some level of enforcement for those who double park etc.

There's roadworks going on starting today for the next four weeks from Bank of Ireland past Lidl for the new entrance to the retail units as well.

rizzee

Borderfox wrote: »

I had a chat about the level and speed of traffic down the Drumree Road and one possibility raised was ramps. The traffic that is avoiding the toll is using the Drumree Road as the feeder back onto the M3 where its signposted correctly back to the water tower on the r147 and then onto the M3. Where I live there is a huge amount of HGV traffic going down what is a very narrow road by the Arch Bar onto the Drumree Road.

Any thoughts

I would agree with you re: speed ramps. I live in an estate near the secondary school and there are always cars flying up and down that road. It's a constant danger trying to get out of the estate a lot of the time, never mind the lorrys

Borderfox

I had a chat about the level and speed of traffic down the Drumree Road and one possibility raised was ramps. The traffic that is avoiding the toll is using the Drumree Road as the feeder back onto the M3 where its signposted correctly back to the water tower on the r147 and then onto the M3. Where I live there is a huge amount of HGV traffic going down what is a very narrow road by the Arch Bar onto the Drumree Road.

Any thoughts

Exile59

chewed wrote: »

My OH was in Massimos yesterday for the 1st time and well impressed with the food and service.

I've heard good things as well. We're heading next week so looking forward to checking it out. They could really do with investing in some colour for the outside though. A few hanging baskets and an aul window box wouldn't go astray...

Supervalu have their new salad counter and dinner counter open now. I won't lie...'tis also a good addition to the town. Salad counter especially looks decent, and the dinner, well, maybe on a very lazy day...

chewed

My OH was in Massimos yesterday for the 1st time and well impressed with the food and service.

Exile59

Diddleydoo wrote: »

I've just joined Boards and agree that some Dunshaughlin users would prefer anominity and Boards gives us this, thank you Exile59

Ah yea, there's a lot going on in the village and I feel while it's rapidly expanding at a pace which i'd be fairly certain is unmatched anywhere else in the country, it's still a very small place. So a bit of anonymity is a good thing.

Diddleydoo

I've just joined Boards and agree that some Dunshaughlin users would prefer anominity and Boards gives us this, thank you Exile59