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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. R.157 RELIEF / RING ROADThis 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) :
UPDATE OF LOCAL ROAD WORKS PLANNED IN THE MEATH COUNTY COUNCIL FIVE YEAR PLAN 2001-2004 (September 19, 1999)
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.
R.157 RELIEF / RING ROADThis 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 EXTENSIONThis 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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