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SANDYFORD Business District Review 2019
Cycle Facility Review DLRCC Submission
Sandyford Business District made a submission to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council on 7th March 2019 in relation to its review of Cycle Facilities in the County and made recommendations and observations in relation to: existing and discontinuous cycle routes, issues at junctions, enforcement and maintenance issues in the Sandyford Business District.
Metrolink Submission
Sandyford Business District commissioned Roughan & O’Donovan to prepare a submission in May re the proposed high-capacity, high-frequency rail line running from Swords to Charlemont - linking Dublin Airport, Irish Rail, Dart, Dublin Bus and Luas Services - creating fully integrated public transport in the Greater Dublin Area. Muchofthe19kilometreroutewillrununderground,amajorinnovationforIrishpublictransport. Metrolink will carry up to 50 million passengers annually dramatically reducing journey times to Dublin Airport.
BusConnects Submission
Following its initial submission in 2018, Sandyford Business District made a follow-up submission on 10th December 2019 under the second round of public consultations in relation to the BusConnects proposals to highlight the inadequacy of the current system and advocating changes to improve the public transport services to the ever-increasing population of the district.
County Development Plan 2022-2028
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has embarked on the process of reviewing its current County Development Plan 2016-2022 and preparing a new County Development Plan (CDP) that will shape the future growth of the County for the period of 2022-2028.
In mid 2019, Sandyford Business District formed a ‘CDP Steering Group’ comprising board members, stakeholders and consultants to prepare a comprehensive submission in readiness for the public consultationprocessduetocommenceearlyin2020. Initially,SBD held a series of workshops with stakeholders to ensure the views of businesses in the area would be represented and this research
informedthe submissiondocumenttitled‘StrategicStudyandActionPlan’whichwasproducedtoensure SBD’s vision for the district can be realised in the coming years by engaging at the outset of the process with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
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