Monkstown Residents Plan March To Stop Controversial €15m Ring Road.
Residents of Monkstown, Brookville, Rowanbyrn, Fleurville and Stillorgan in south Dublin are to stage a protest march Saturday 30th September and lobby councillors in a campaign to get the proposed €15 million Monkstown Ring Road scrapped.
Residents of Monkstown, Brookville, Rowanbyrn, Fleurville and Stillorgan in south Dublin are to stage a protest march Saturday 30th September and lobby councillors in a campaign to get the proposed €15 million Monkstown Ring Road scrapped.
The road, which has been proposed since the 1970s, was earlier this year approved by An Bord Pleanala and is designed to carry up to 30,000 Vehicles a day (1 vehicle every 2.8 seconds).
It would link Stillorgan Park with the Stradbrook area of Blackrock.
It would link Stillorgan Park with the Stradbrook area of Blackrock.
At 30,000 vehicles a day, (1 vehicle every 2.8 seconds) the traffic volumes would be higher than levels on the Dublin to Sligo road at the toll motorway.
It will require the demolition of Yankee Terrace, a row of eleven 19th-centurv cottages, and five properties on Newtownpark Avenue and Annaville Terrace.Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council said the road would cater for the transportation requirements of the county, promote and strengthen Dun Laoghaire and Stillorgan, attract traffic from less suitable roads and make Newtown Park village (which is a figment of some urban planners colourful imagination) more accessible.
Locals along the route claim the bypass is being put in place to facilitate large-scale redevelopment at Stillorgan Shopping Centre, the Stillorgan Bowl and the Blakes site, via Stillorgan Park with other large-scale Hi-density Hi-rise developments by Cosgrave’s at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club.
They also claim the bypass would become another access route between Dun Laoghaire Port and the N11 for Stenaline RORO traffic to the M50
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county manager Owen Keegan has scheduled Monday October 11th for a council debate on the bypass, at which he will seek approval to start construction.
Opponents have written to all members of the council urging them not to support the plan.
Opponents have written to all members of the council urging them not to support the plan.
They are also planning a protest march for Saturday next 30th September, at Brookville Park & Rowanbyrn Junction, to march the entire route of the proposed road.
A spokesman for opponents of the scheme, Sean Mulvihill, said he hoped to see 250 to 300 people on Saturday's protest march to send a message to councillors.
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