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 the proposal on display locally in the Cabra Library as well as in Civic Offices on Woodquay and on the Dublin City Council website. The deadline for submissions from the general public has now closed. You can read my submission by clicking here. It is expected the QBN office will bring a report on this proposal to the Central Area Committee in the new year.

Revenue Raising Powers for Dublin City
Government confirmed their support for legislation that would allow local authorities charge a small visitors tax if they wished to do so. Dublin welcomes millions of visitors each year. Tourism is vital to our economy, but it also places added pressure on city services — street cleaning, waste collection, public



