Planning application underway for Lucan to Dublin city centre bus corridor scheme
The National Transport Authority (NTA) has submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for a proposed core bus corridor between Lucan and Dublin city centre.
The proposed route of the bus corridor begins at the N4 Junction 3 and is routed along the R835 Lucan Road from its junction with the R136 Ballyowen Road to the roundabout serving the Lucan Retail Park and also the N4 Lucan Road eastbound on-slip. It is then routed along the N4 (by Liffey Valley shopping centre) as far as Junction 7 at the M50 and continues via the R148 along Palmerstown bypass, Chapelizod bypass, Con Colbert Road, St John’s Road West, ending at Frank Sherwin Bridge, where it will join the South Quays.
Some of the works included in the planning application include:
17.8 km of bus priority infrastructure and traffic management
13.4 km of cycling infrastructure and facilities
A new pedestrian / cyclist bridge over the N4 Lucan Road at Ballyowen Road
A new pedestrian bridge over the N4 Lucan Road at Liffey Valley shopping centre
Widening of the existing bridge carrying the R148 Chapelizod bypass over Chapelizod Hill Road
Provision of 12 junction upgrades and associated ancillary works
Reconfiguration of existing bus stops resulting in 2 new bus stops and 21 new bus stop facilites
Public Realm works including landscaping, planting, street furniture, lighting, retaining walls, boundary walls and sustainable urban drainage measures.
Members of the public wishing to inspect the planning application documentation, along with the accompanying Environmental Impact Assessment can do so until Wednesday 11th January 2023 at the National Transport Authority office on Harcourt Lane in Dublin 2, and at An Bord Pleanála on Marlborough Street, Dublin 1.
Further information on this proposed bus corridor scheme can be found at the BusConnects website and at www.lucanscheme.ie.