Transport M50/N11 Archives - Page 3 of 8 - Councillor Derek Mitchell

Problems with Draft Transport Strategy for Greater Dublin Area 2035—-Submission re Wicklow The Strategy needs to be radically changed for Wicklow. I would welcome the opportunity to meet with the NTA and/or Irish Rail to discuss these detailed points: Survey of Transport Usage. Greystones peak hour Management Summary • The Strategy will not work South of Bray Head as it proposes 3 conflicting public transport options in different parts of the report. 2 of these (the present service and a shuttle) will not cater for the demand and will not…

Going South there are regular traffic jams in the evening back to Cherrywood and increasingly in the mornings going North back to Willow Grove. Of the 6 big radial roads out of Dublin, this is the only one which has not been modernised. It needs to be modernised as it is vital for the prosperity of East Wicklow. In the long run it needs a third lane. Some short term measures will ease congestion: Southbound, improving the off/on ramps at Fassaroe, reducing the number of exits (4 in a mile)…

At Mondays meeting of Wicklow County Council it was decided to Take in Charge the Dual Carriageway. This followed a commitment from management to maintain it, subject to next year’s budget process. At a previous meeting Council officials had said that there was no money to maintain it while other officials said we were legally required to Take it in Charge and hand back the bond. I proposed that it would be left as previously unless there was a commitment to maintain it. This had narrowly passed and put adequate…

Mitchell supports Charlesland Residents demand to get the Council to maintain Dual Carriageway Wicklow County Council has taken the central Charlesland green in charge. However, in a narrow vote the councillors refused to take the Dual Carriageway in charge as Council staff said there were no funds for planned maintenance. Council officials wrote to the Charlesland Residents Committee asking them whether they would maintain it. The Committee has now written back to say they will not maintain it as they feel it should be maintained by the Council. ‘The Committee…

Cllr Derek Mitchell has written to the Minister for Transport to ask for a meeting to present him with a plan to reduce traffic congestion on the N11. When economic growth resumes these traffic jams will get much worse, The National Roads Authority has refused to deal with this and I want the Minister to get this plan implemented. On the Southbound lane junction improvements are needed at Fassaroe and a significant improvement is needed at the Kilcroney junction to allow traffic flow more freely. On the Northbound lane a…