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RETAIL EXCELLENCE IRELAND has said it is “regrettable” that Dublin City Council is implementing the first measures of its transport plan.
REI said there had been “calls for a pause” and that “retailers have not been adequately consulted on this new plan”.
It was announced yesterday that the first measures of the Dublin City Centre Transport Plan will come into effect next month, from 25 August.
These first set of measures will be implemented on the North Quays at Bachelors Walk and on the South Quays on Burgh Quay and Aston Quay.
The use of private cars in these parts will be restricted from 7am to 7pm.
Dublin City Council would like to announce that the first of the measures contained in the Dublin City Transport Plan 2023 will come into effect from 25th August 2024. For more details on the new measures please click here: https://t.co/Mj8xVoDVNc pic.twitter.com/DolOFgtDHs
— Dublin City Council (@DubCityCouncil) July 25, 2024
Access will be restricted during these hours to buses, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians.
Outside of these hours, the restrictions will not be in operation and all vehicles can travel as before.
All other routes on the quays and all other routes in the city remain the same, and access to all Liffey Bridges will also remain the same.
Dublin City Council said these first set of measures will “address the fact that 60% of general traffic in the city centre that is not stopping, working or shopping but is travelling through the city”.
Chief Executive of Dublin City Council Richard Shakespeare said his office “carefully considered correspondence from all parties” and that the “correct course of action is to process with the implementation of the City Centre Transport Plan in August”.
However, Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) said the measures “do not not address our concerns around deliveries, public transport capacity, and projected retail spend as a result of limiting car journeys into the city”.
It also said that a “snap survey” conducted by REI among Dublin retailers in June found 10% of respondents said they have been adequately consulted on the plan.
Jean McCabe, the CEO of REI, said the plan “must be revisited if businesses in the city see a marked reduction in retail spend as a result of the new plan”.
However, she welcomed the establishment of a working group to monitor the impact of the changes, which will be chaired by the Dublin Lord Mayor James Geoghegan.
“We appreciate that the plan for the city has to start somewhere and there is no easy fix,” said McCabe, “but it is critically important that industry feedback is noted and acted on if we see a significant drop in retail spend as a result of these changes.”
However, Dublin Chamber, Ireland’s largest chamber of commerce with over 1000 member companies, said the transport plan is “good news for Dublin”.
Stephen Browne, Head of Public Affairs at Dublin Chamber, said there has been a “great deal of debate and confusion in the City on the council’s plans” over the past few weeks, “with many objecting at a very late stage”.
He said Dublin Chamber’s “support has been unwavering”.
He said the Dublin City Centre Traffic Plan “can provide attractive public spaces where people live and engage in the City in a positive way”.
“These spaces can be used for cultural activities, focal points for tourism and areas where Dubliners can stop and enjoy their City,” said Browne.
He added that the plan is “another step towards our proposals for a more pedestrian-friendly city”.
He added: “Without it, public transport services across the county of Dublin will be less effective, less frequent and have longer journey times.”
Browne also welcomed the establishment of a working group to monitor the implementation of the plan.
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Hopefully we are seeing the last of Wallace, Daly, and MacManus.
@honey badger: Ming looks set for another 5 years.
@9QRixo8H: 5 year holiday
@9QRixo8H: Delighted for him! A lot done, more to do!
@honey badger: it’s wonderful when horrible people get a good dose of karma
@honey badger: whereas people have inflicted a celebrity jockey, potentially also her fg running mate who failed to remotely represent farmers as she brags about, useless yes men and women like Kelly and Doherty. 4 WASTERS
@honey badger: good. the embarrassment of Carberry and Walsh possibly both getting elected will be somewhat easier to bear
@honey badger: Daly gone ,and pissing fire ,unfortunately looks like being replaced by the equally repulsive O’Riardaín…Wallace now and Vladimir can send his regrets .
@Ian , I hope the god’s are shining on Niall because nothing would make me happier than to see the greens wiped out
@K O: Don’t think he has a chance. He’s not far enough ahead after all the right wing transfers.
@K O: Why the intense ‘anti-green’ rhetoric? Which of their policies do you disagree with? And I mean ACTUAL policies, not social media sound bites.
@K O: Their support for Data Centres.
Their support for the consumer paying for the misdeeds of the producer, such as making the consumer pay for recycling of packaging.
Their support for the recent plastic bottle deposit charge, perpetuating recycling of plastics which has been shown to be a scam dreamed up by the plastics manufacturers.
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@K O: There was a question asked.
I answered it.
The Greens support many things that are harmful to the environment, and contribute to Climate Change rather than ameliorating it.
As a result the ordinary person suffers for this, by picking up the tab, rather than the producer of these harms.
The electorate showing their strong desire for CHANGE! The top 4 in Dublin as of now are FF, FG, Green Party, and SF!
@9QRixo8H: if there was a strong desire, more of the electorate would of voted
@Terry Molloy: those who don’t should be prosecuted unless they have legitimate reasons why they didn’t vote. A certain part of Tallaght only had a 2.4% of people voting, yet they are quick enough to go out with their Irish flags telling people Ireland is full, get them out, I own you Garda, I pay your wages bs, they couldn’t be borrowed to vote.
@Alan: prosecuted for not voting? Are you taking the p.ss or what?
@Paul Gorry:
I’m not saying I agree with it but in Australia you can be prosecuted for not voting.
I’ve two kids over there at the moment pj thanks to this useless government. I’ll let them know that as they go forward.
@Paul Gorry: No need Paul, they are not allowed to vote in Australia. And I’m sure they would be still here in Ireland if they chose to be. I’ve lived in Australia and I’ll tell you it’s a lot worse over there than here to try and get by. It’s an incredibly expensive place to live. The days of emigrating to Australia for a better life is long gone.
@Paul Gorry:
I have 7 nieces and nephews (my kids in school) who emigrated.
5 are back 1 more due home next year.
@P. J.: God love them coming back to this cesspit of a country. I sincerely hope things work for them.
@Mark Murphy: well one is loving it and the other maybe not so. Yes expensive they say,but not as expensive as Ireland. Now if? And when they come back the real headache starts. I’ve only two bedrooms.
@Paul Gorry:
That’s the point Paul, they found that far away fields really were not greener.
Every country has it’s problems
@P. J.: what ye even saying pj? They’re still over there enjoying it!!
As much as I don’t like the Greens, I’d much prefer to see Cuffe go to Europe over Niall Boylan. May the gods be ever in Cuffes favour.
@aYc221Lw: Yeah, but at least he’ll be embarrassing himself here and not us at the EU parliament.
@Ian: NOPE. Dont wish Cuffe any luck at all proud middle class snob with no track record apart from climate evangelism.
@ Sean O’Dhubhghaill: You won’t get an answer to the question as to what Green policies commentators on here disagree with. They just bleat the anti-Green nonsense to fit in with the rest of the soundbite flock.
@Sun Rise: You’re one angry person. Take a chill pill and relax your kacks.
@Sun Rise: you are literally angrier than most on here….maybe log off and go watch an actual sun rise
Good man Ming! A big two f1ngers in the face of the anti-migrant arson1sts!
@Alan Kennedy: 25000 for Blighe ain’t bad
@Kelechi Ademola:
It’s 3.5%. in other words 96.5% didn’t vote for him.
That percentage will not get him elected to anything, anywhere.
Sean Kelly is a complete waste of space. The nodding dog of Europe
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