Dun Laoghaire Traffic & Commuting Chat

Those against it will Always be noisey. Those for it have. Nothing to gain by attending such meetings. It’s not a true reflection of how the area feels

Well on the response they look for your name and addesss.

they can easily confirm this.

however on the unofficial change.org objection there is no such check.

traffic will reduce as more and more people leave their cars at home. We’ve the 2nd slowest traffic in the world. Looks at places like Copenhagen where they built good cycling infrastructure and as a result traffic is light, everyone cycles.

Regarding your last point, the hotel has zero cycling parking facilities at the front entrance so no surprise there were few bikes to be seen. There are, however, ample and well-used cycle parking facilities at the library around the corner from the hotel.

And another view;

Agree with most of the above Larbre. However I would take issue with the mention of "undue haste ". How long has the lr Georges st pedestrianisation argument been running now?

I also attended the meeting last night in the Royal Marine. The noisy crowd were those in favour of the proposal.

That’s because they were in an echo chamber. people who support it had no interest in attending

24 years. Its been an issue since main street improvement scheme was designed and built in 2000/01.

It has twice been pedestrianised, for different durations, and twice reopened again.

In fact, one of the biggest complaints I hear is about the lack of consistency and strategic planning by the Council on this matter over the last almost 30 years.

They have tinkered and toyed and experimented, and it is the business and community life of the town that suffer as a result.

Yes, I am living in the area and I have experienced the increased congestion over the years. But I think you're blaming the wrong thing for this increase.

The population of Ireland has gone from 3.6m in in 1993 to 5.1m in 2023. These people have to be housed somewhere and I would suggest that there are less apartments being built in the area compared to other areas, due to the cost and availability of land. Car ownership has also doubled over the same period and the cars are getting bigger. This is where the congestion is coming from. More people, more cars.

I do agree that the incompetence exhibited by our Council has at times been mind numbing. The "baths" which you mention comes to mind. However the closure of streets, increased cycle lanes and improved public transport are attempts by local authorities to control the amount of private cars on the road, reduce congestion and improve quality of life.

Does anybody remember a poster on this board a few years ago, called Taxiperson? Have we a second coming???

Have you lodged your objection?

From the DLR website:

TRAVEL & TRANSPORT

Proposed Temporary Closure of N11 between its junction with Kill Lane (Foxrock Church) to on ramp R118 Cherrywood interchange Southbound and Northbound

03 January 2024 DLR COUNTY General News

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has received an application from Roadstone, Fortunestown, Belgard, Tallaght, Dublin 24 to temporarily close part of the N11 Stillorgan Road between its junction with Kill Lane (Foxrock Church) to on ramp R118 Cherrywood Interchange junction southbound and northbound from Monday 22nd January, 2024 to Sunday 30th June, 2024 between 19:30 hours to 05:00 hours each day.

A Traffic Management Plan will be in operation and pedestrian, local access and access for bus and emergency services will be maintained at all times. Diversion routes will be clearly signposted. 

The purpose of the closure is to allow for realignment of the traffic lanes.

Any interested parties may lodge an objection in writing with the Senior Engineer, Traffic Section, County Hall, Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire not later than noon on Wednesday 17th January, 2024 or email info@dlrcoco.ie. 

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Its only a continuation of the night work that was going on prior to Christmas.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland have a programmed maintenance life on Motorways and National Routes, ie they have to be resurfaced and repainted, about every decade.

In the work before Christmas they used the opportunity to increase bus approach and departure lanes and clean up some conflict points where cyclelanes meet bus stops, bus lanes, traffic lanes etc, in line with the updated urban road design manual.

Most of the dual carriageway stretch between Whites Cross and Loughlinstown still needs to be done, and obviously with nightworks it will take some months.

Article in this morning's Indo on "Living Streets". I can't access it, as it behind the paywall.

https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/could-dun-laoghaire-make-living-streets-a-reality-with-pedestrianisation-plan-as-deadline-looms/a1891922516.html