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ROADS IN DUNBOYNE


 

ALLOCATION UPDATE

Roads Update: Feb 3, 2002

The development of the N3 Navan Road and the Dunshaughlin By-Pass will go ahead as planned. The completion date is set for 2006.

The Environmental Impact Statement and the Compulsory Purchase Orders will be published by the end of February 2002. The information and drawings will then be put on public dispaly.

The Ring Road joining the Navan Road with the Maynooth Road west of Dunboyne remains part of this project.

EXTRACT FROM DCRA'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2000 SUBMISSION WITH REGARD TO ROADS IN DUNBOYNE (JUNE '99):

R.157 RELIEF / RING ROAD

This road should be constructed at the same time as the Clonee By-Pass Extension - i.e. as a single project.

This project should be funded by the Department of the Environment and should not be conditional on future developments which may or may not take place.

The present position is that a huge number of heavy vehicles are using the R.157 to get fromthe N3 Navan Road to the N4 Galway/Sligo Road and are choking up the centre of Dunboyne village and seriously damaging the attractiveness of the village as a safe and pedestrian friendly environment.

This volume of traffic will greatly increase when the new entrance to Dunboyne is provided from the Clonee By-Pass Extension as it will then replace the Clonee route as the main entrance to Dunboyne.

The lack of this ring road resulted in the DTO Plan Option 1, which was the preferred option of both Meath County Council and the residents of Dunboyne, having to be shelved pending its construction. During the past year there have been a number of road accidents in the village, one fatal, due to traffic congestion in the village.

"It is essential for the public transport schemes to be implemented in concert with new development, since any significant delay will inevitably lead towards unsustainable car based travel." (Recommendation 28 Page 137 of the Greater Dublin Development Plan)

Ring Road R.157 should have been constructed prior to developments in Dunboyne that have occurred since 1995. Provision of this Ring Road should now be a precondition of any additional residential zoning in the Duboyne area.

Update on Work in Progress ( September 19, 1999) :

- Navan Road to the Industrial Estate is being resurfaced at the moment at a total cost of £250,000. Road narrowing is being carried out to promote traffic calming on the approach to the village centre.

- Village centre roads are being re-vamped thanks to the D.T.O. funded Project. See our DTO update on the Planning Page for full details.

- Footpaths will be put in place on both sides of the road from St. Patrick's Park in the Industrial estate. This work is in progress at a cost of £52,250.

- Paths will be continued on both sides on the Summerhill road from Courthill Drive for 1,000 metres at a cost of £95,000. There is some concern here from residents about the preservation of trees in front of the Luttrellstown estate and on up the Summerhill road. DCRA will raise this issue with Meath County Council as a matter of urgency.

- Resurfacing of the path from Castleview towards Maynooth for 400 metres at a cost of £6,000 is planned.

- Footpath currently being put in place from Sean Boylan's to the school crossing at a cost of £47,000.

- Planned reconstruction of footpath from Station Road Bridge to Loughsallagh at a cost of £20,000. Again concern has been expressed that the carrying out of this work will destroy the newly resurfaced road. DCRA will pursue and report.

UPDATE OF LOCAL ROAD WORKS PLANNED IN THE MEATH COUNTY COUNCIL FIVE YEAR PLAN 2001-2004 (September 19, 1999)

- R156 Dunboyne /Summerhill Road will have 6 Kms of road done at a total cost of £432,000

- Dunboyne / Maynooth Road will have 1 Km of work done at a cost of £72,000 (Yr 2004)

- County road No. 579 will have 1.7 Kms of road done at a cost of £53,125 (Yr. 2001)

 

UPDATE RE CLONEE BY-PASS (September 19, 1999)

A survey has been commissioned and is currently being carried out. We await the results with interest after which options will be put on display in the community for response directly to the Council before a final decision on routing is taken. We will follow this development closely.

EXTRACT FROM DCRA'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2000 SUBMISSION WITH REGARD TO ROADS IN DUNBOYNE (JUNE '99):

R.157 RELIEF / RING ROAD

This road should be constructed at the same time as the Clonee By-Pass Extension - i.e. as a single project.

This project should be funded by the Department of the Environment and should not be conditional on future developments which may or may not take place.

The present position is that a huge number of heavy vehicles are using the R.157 to get fromthe N3 Navan Road to the N4 Galway/Sligo Road and are choking up the centre of Dunboyne village and seriously damaging the attractiveness of the village as a safe and pedestrian friendly environment.

This volume of traffic will greatly increase when the new entrance to Dunboyne is provided from the Clonee By-Pass Extension as it will then replace the Clonee route as the main entrance to Dunboyne.

The lack of this ring road resulted in the DTO Plan Option 1, which was the preferred option of both Meath County Council and the residents of Dunboyne, having to be shelved pending its construction. During the past year there have been a number of road accidents in the village, one fatal, due to traffic congestion in the village.

"It is essential for the public transport schemes to be implemented in concert with new development, since any significant delay will inevitably lead towards unsustainable car based travel." (Recommendation 28 Page 137 of the Greater Dublin Development Plan)

Ring Road R.157 should have been constructed prior to developments in Dunboyne that have occurred since 1995. Provision of this Ring Road should now be a precondition of any additional residential zoning in the Duboyne area.

 

CLONEE BY-PASS EXTENSION

This extension, which is now at the planning stage, is urgently needed to alleviate the problem of traffic from the Trim/Batterstown road having to come through Dunboyne village because it is almost impossible and indeed highly dangerous to exit on to the N3 when travelling towards Dublin.

Traffic from Navan/Dunshaughlin on the N3 entering Dunboyne has to exit the N3 at a most dangerous point at the Sheaf of Wheat as does traffic from Dunboyne attempting to exit on to the N3 travelling towards the City at this junction. These junctions are most dangerous at morning and evening peak times creating traffic blockages. This situation should be dealt with as soon as possible.

 

 

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