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A contentious road in south Dublin was given final approval by Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown councilors on Monday, October 9th after a two-hour council discussion.
The Monkstown Ring Road will connect the Stradbrook area of Blackrock to Stillorgan Park.
It was approved by An Bord Pleanala in June.
It means that 16 homes will be demolished.
The board approved the plan despite its inspector advising that it be dismissed.
Residents in the area had organised a campaign against the plan which increased the pressure on Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown councillors before the meeting on Monday.
They also organised a protest outside the council offices on Monday.
Their efforts were in vain. Councillors voted 16 to 11 against a motion to tell the manager not to go ahead with the road.
Green Party Councillor Nessa Childers,
Fianna Fail’s Barry Conway and
Fine Gael Cllr John Bailey had tabled the motion.
Ms Childers pointed out that in the attempts to connect two retail areas, the council had forgotten that people also live there.
However Cllr Eugene Regan stated that the road was an important piece of infrastructure that should go ahead. County Manager Owen Keegan supported the road.
He agreed to provide extra measures to improve the effects of the road on surrounding houses. This was as long as there was no legal conflict with An Bord Pleanala’s ruling. He also said he would be prepared to help in the provision of double glazing for 40 or so dwellings.
Story filed on October 10, 2006
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