2 announcements on new NCD Greenway

plodder wrote: »

That's probably not the application to Bord Pleanala. I guess it takes them a day or two to assign a case number, scan the documents etc. It will appear in the weekly list next week maybe. Fantastic that this is going ahead though.

Council gives updates on the Fingal Coastal Way and Broadmeadow Way greenway projects - Independent.ie

It's not that Malahide is center of the universe (although it's a nice little town). As someone who lives in Donabate, it being a peninsula with only 2 fairly wild country roads in/out it feels quite cut off from the rest of Dublin. A walk/cycleway to Malahide gives another route out of Donabate that's usable by families on bikes and doesn't have a Mad-max feel to it, whereas Hearse Rd or Turvey Ave with kids in tow would be no-no.

Firstly, it's part of a continuous walking and cycle lane along the coast.

Secondly, it joins up two towns with a combined population of ca. 30,000 people together. Brings Malahide Castle and Newbridge House within cycling and walking distance of each other and provides an amenity to local people.

North Dublin is one of the most insane places I've ever seen for non-motorised infrastructure. Swords, Donabate, Lusk, Rush, Skerries, Balbriggan, etc. etc. Well over 120,000 people and no two towns or villages are joined by a path or cycleway. It's also a seriously intimidating place to cycle and downright utterly dangerous to walk. Really is all designed to drive, like some little Americana in Ireland.

I think this all sounds promising and should be a good resource. OK it will be a long time before Sandycove to Sutton, goes on to Malahide, Donabate and Skerries, but the plans for sutton to baldoyle look implementable in the short term, Portmarnock to Malahide is quite well in place. the causeway across the Broadmeadow would be excellent it would like everything need investment! But if its an aim to encourage a more active lifestyle for physical and mental health they would be hugely beneficial

I'll believe it when I see it. They might finish at Donabate and go no further.

Did a quick scan and it looks like the main point of contention is the proposed one way system along South Shore road in Rush

Doesn't seem like the most insurmountable problem tbh. Not sure if it's possible but I personally reckon a boardwalk along the beach would be much nicer, although would probably need to go past the golf club

I also noticed several names repeated in the submissions and the letter seems like a copy and paste job. Fair enough that the local residents are ganging together but there also might be some effort to make the level of support look greater than it is

Surely there's no way to even walk that until the Broadmeadow Greenway is built (currently scheduled for never)?

Imagine being able to walk or cycle continuously along north Dublin's coastline without the poisonous emissions from traffic or being knocked over by lunatics in cars, lorry's and tractors checking their Facebook or updating status. We can dream

Hopefully it doesn't go the way of the metro, nearly 30 years of yapping

The one form Portmarnock to Baldloyle is an example of how it should be done. The one along Clontarf is an example of what not to do. Hopefully they get it right