Cycle infrastructure planned for south Dublin

They can still approach from south of the city. No one is denying access to the port.

There will probably be a certain shift in forms of transport used for some people. For those who insist on driving, is turning the steering wheel left or right (while using the indicators please!) really that difficult? As a motorist, I don't think so.

You make a very silly argument. When driving from Dublin to Galway the road does not always go due east. Should people refuse to drive there as sometimes they are not facing their destination?

I have walked from Merrion Gates via Strand Road and Sean Moore Road, and got to the East Link bridge quicker than motor vehicles. I wonder if people who just enjoy driving their cars are responsible for the slowness of traffic along the route.

There was 1 Strand Road Public Consultation with no traffic analysis data supplied in advance of Public Consultation (only published with the Final Report by DCC) and neither was the question ever asked during the Public Consultation whether the public approved or disapproved of the scheme, an omission acknowledged by DCC in page 10 of the ‘Final Report on Strand Road Public Consultation’.

Exactly this. I live on south east coast and work in D1. I have an assigned parking space at the office. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve used the parking space given that it’s healthier and less stressful to either use one of the myriad of public transport options or cycle in.

I used to drive to an office in D2 but found it to be a really bad start and end to the workday, getting annoyed with every other road user, be they pedestrian, cyclist or motorist. My journey was sh1t and slow, and this made me frustrated at the behaviour of other drivers etc.

Now I find it’s a part of the day that I enjoy, either getting a spin in or catching up on news or a podcast on phone etc on Dart. With public transport, there’s a walk involved on both sides also which helps keep the middle age spread at bay (partially!)

This is way things are going - we need to build infrastructure for these options and not for single occupancy cars which is unsustainable for many reasons.

People should be aware, that this is a campaign to block all cycling across the city not just here. Its a serial objections by minority over many years across many locations.

The end result is that drivers will sit in a different queue as they crawl from one congested part of the city to another.

A well written letter that abjectly ignores the central issue of the case. You're right sounds exactly like your kind of letter.

The issue is not the planning procedure, the issue is what is covered by Section 38 of the Road Traffic Act. A section that lists all the ways a local authority can remove access to a road for the purpose of prioritising sustainable modes, including the addition of and removal of te very things the judge listen in his judgement, the additional and removal of which explicitly does not require planning permission.