Transport

Wicklow County Council agreed the revised parking regulations which have been discussed over the last year. The charging period will start at 10 am and end 6 pm for Greystones, Wicklow, Arklow with Bray starting at 9 am. There will be a 15 minute grace period which will be marked on the meter. Cllr Derek Mitchell (FG) said that for […]

€30,000 has been allocated to improve this junction to make it safer for pedestrians and cars. At present it is too wide which allows cars to go fast and too wide for safe pedestrian crossing. I welcome this safety improvement and also the grant of an increase of €388,000 for the County’s road improvements grant.

Bord Pleanala has granted permission for a 59% expansion of the Lidl store in Blacklion, Greystones. They also allowed the number of parking spaces to be reduced from 234 to 181. Lidl are required to provide land to inset the busy bus stop and to provide a left turn lane which will help traffic whenever […]

The Council is currently studying the route for this and expects to have a report in February. This road was put on the plan in 1989 and while both ends have been made by builders no plan exists for the middle. The middle is very narrow and dangerous. The population has massively expanded and there […]

Irish Rail is protecting the rail line along Greystones South beach for about 300M with steel piling and rock armour. This work will take till Christmas together with more protection further South towards Kilcoole. ‘I am pleased that this is being done as erosion had washed away the South part of the beach while building […]

On Monday Wicklow County Council approved a Development Plan to 2022 which plans for an increase from 142,000 this year to 158,000 in 2022. This is in accordance with population growth targets handed down by the Minister for Environment. However Transport Ireland has no plans to improve poor transport which currently results in 5km traffic jams […]

Bray, with 2974 daily users, is the 2nd busiest suburban station and Greystones, 1951 users, is the 5th busiest. These are high usage figures and show how many people are dependent on the DART. Cllr Derek Mitchell said ‘The figures for Greystones are particularly high, equivalent to 11% of the population, given the limited service that operates […]

Cllr Derek Mitchell objected to Wicklow County Council’s 3 year Capital Investment Plan because it does not provide any funds for the Delgany to Blacklion Road. Traffic jams are very bad in the area and the present road, with 4 large schools, is unsafe. ‘the Council has been planning this road since 1987 and it […]

Hugh Creegan, Deputy CEO of the National Transport Authority met Wicklow County Council on Monday and explained and defended their Strategy to 2035 which the Council has criticised. Apart from a commitment to improve the N11 and bring the LUAS to Central Bray the plan will cause major problems. The plan to provide more DART’s […]

The Dail recently approved the Greater Dublin Area Transport Plan to 2035. The good point is that it includes very frequent, 6 minute, DARTs and the LUAS to Central Bray and major improvements in the N11 from the M50 to Ashford. It also proposes a shuttle train service from the South to Greystones to connect […]