Interesting what Barry Andrews said regarding MRR in 2004

Interesting what Barry Andrews said in 2004

News Focus: IssuesDeansgrange Local Area Plan 10.12.2004

The following is the submission made by Deputy Andrews regarding the future of Deansgrange.

Submission Re Deansgrange Local Area PlanCouncillors and local residents requested this Plan on the basis that development in the area was placing an intolerable burden on the local road network.
As such, the plan should focus on ways to alleviate this problem.

1. Residential Development. The future of the grounds of the National Rehabilitation Hospital should be a consideration in this plan. This is an opportunity to consider the future of this site. There is already provision for Traveller Accommodation at the site and there are suggestions that there might be a Garda Station at the site.I would strongly recommend that this LAP considers the future of Deansgrange in the context of any proposals that may be in existence at this time for that area, especially considering its zoning.I would also recommend that in-fill development be encouraged in most cases, subject to the requirements of planning and sustainability.

2. Traffic Management. The purpose of the plan was to ensure better management of the crossroads in the context of future development in the area.As an example, the work on the roundabout at Glenageary has left the area dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians and seems to be entirely car-focussed.

The impact of a possible future Monkstown Ring Road (a six year road objective) should be considered in terms of relief of the Deansgrange Road traffic – it would be my view that the Ring Road may even add further traffic to the area.
Many people that would have accessed the Clonkeen (to the south of Deansgrange) area from the N11 via Kill Lane or the Cabinteely cross-roads may come down Stillorgan Park instead thus adding traffic volumes to the Deasngrange Cross Roads.Only larger developments are required to produce traffic management studies.

It might be appropriate to insist on smaller developments providing such reports given the sensitive nature of the area.3. Industrial development.