St Peters NS Pedestrians
Towards the end of last year concerned parents from St Peters School in Phibsborough asked me to help them improve road safety around the school entrance. Following my representations Dublin City Council’s Traffic Department are considering the issue and specifically the ‘School Keep Clear’ markings on St. Peter’s Road, Dublin 7 at St. Peter’s National […]
Dublin Bus Network
I met last week with Dublin Bus to get an update on the changes they are making to the bus service in our area and specifically the changes they are making from this week to the service for Cabra. They told me that the aim of the Network Direct Project is to deliver 1) A simpler network […]
Grangegorman Road Markings
At the December 2010 meeting of the Central Area I asked the City Manager to arrange to have the road markings on the road at Grangegorman renewed (single white line in middle of road, stop line etc.) The Manager advised me that the Traffic Officer has been requested to inspect and renew as required the […]
Lindsay Road Pay & Display
Dublin City Council traffic department have confirmed to me that they will issue ballots for the introduction of Pay & Display to residents on Lindsay Road by the end of January 2011. The houses which already have permit parking will not receive a copy of the ballot details etc (houses 1-21). Click on www.maryfitzpatrick.ie for all the […]
East Wall Cycle Route
I gave a lot of time throughout 2010 to work with the local community and the city council officials on this project and it is disappointing that significant investment has been lost to Dublin Central. To try and salvage something from the project in December I called for Dublin City Council Roads and Traffic Department […]
New Pay & Display Rules
If you live on a road with Pay & Display parking you will be interested to know that Dublin City Councils Traffic Department have proposed a number changes to the “Parking control bye-laws” – these are the bye laws that define how Pay & Display works in the city. Among many changes, they are proposing […]
Reilly’s Bridge bottle-neck
On Tuesday 21st of December 2010 Dublin City Council advertised its intention to apply to An Bord Pleanala for permission to build a fly-over bridge to replace the existing hump back bridge a.k.a. Reillys Bridge on the Ratoath Road. The plans are available to inspect in the Cabra Library on the Navan Road and Dublin […]
Garda Safety Cameras
An Garda Siochana have issued public guidance on where the new safety cameras are to be deployed across Ireland. The picture below shows those located in the Dublin Central area and environs (roads marked in red). Roads include Navan Road, Cabra Road, North Circular Road, Finglas Road, Phibsborough Road, North Strand and Ballybough Road. Click […]
Navan Road Bus Corridor
The Quality Bus Network Project Office is proposing to upgrade the Navan Road Bus Corridor from Cabra Cross to the Ashtown Roundabout. They are seeking planning permission through a Part 8 planning application. When they presented this proposal to the Central Area Committee I raised a number of issues with them and asked that they put […]
Reilly’s Bridge bottle-neck
Beginning of the End for Reilly’s Bridge bottle-neck: On Tuesday 21st of December 2010 Dublin City Council advertised its intention to apply to An Bord Pleanala for permission to build a fly-over bridge to replace the existing hump back bridge a.k.a. Reillys Bridge on the Ratoath Road. The plans are available to inspect in the Cabra […]