BusConnects - A status update from the NTA

The following email was recently sent to our local Councillors. Our thanks to Cllr. Deirdre Conroy for sharing it with us:

Dear Public Representative,

We hope you are keeping well and safe. 

This email is a status update in relation to the BusConnects Core Bus Corridors Project.

As you will all be aware, BusConnects completed its third round of non-statutory public consultation last December 2020. We received almost 3,700 submissions following this final round. Since then, we are continuing to review all submissions and consider them as part of the finalisation of Preferred Route Options Reports.

In addition, work is continuing on the transport and environmental impact assessments. Once finished these reports will culminate in the completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for each Scheme together with the Compulsory Purchase Order Schedules and Maps with specific details of lands to be acquired.

The NTA has written to An Bord Pleanála (ABP) to commence a pre-application consultation process with the Board and is due to have an initial meeting in the coming weeks.

Potentially impacted landowners that may be subject of the compulsory purchase order (CPO) process will receive further communications from BusConnects to commence detailed discussions and information gathering during the months of April/May prior to finalisation of the necessary CPO schedules and maps for the statutory planning application.

We anticipate that the statutory planning applications will be submitted to An Bord Pleanála (ABP) during June or July for its consideration and determination.

A formal statutory public consultation process will then be undertaken by An Bord Pleanála as part of their deliberations. During this process, the final Environmental Impact Assessment Report for each Scheme, plus Preferred Route Option Reports and Traffic Impact Assessments will be published and available for viewing. The public will again have the opportunity to have their views heard and considered by An Bord Pleanála as part of the process of their consideration of the proposals.

We will be in contact in due course with further updates.

Regards,

BusConnects Team 

Proposed 30kph Speed Limit throughout the City - Have Your Say

 ** Closes 23rd April **

Dublin City Council wish to engage through public consultation with members of the public with regard to the expansion of the 30km/h speed limit in the city. As part of the non-statutory consultation phase they would like to get your feedback by answering some questions about these proposals.

The aim of the Proposal for Dublin City Council Special Speed Limit bye-Laws April 2021 Concept Design is to reduce the default speed limit to 30km per hour across most areas of the city. 

The proposal for the south east area of the city is for a blanket 30kph limit on ALL roads (save a small length of the Donnybrook road). There is a map showing the south east area here.

More maps covering the rest of the City can be found at the bottom of the survey introduction page here.

You are invited to submit your opinion on the proposal using the survey here.

The survey closes on 23rd April.