Traffic Management for LUAS
Date: August 06, 2009 08:29PM |
Hi,
Anybody keeping up with the LUAS line will notice just how far along the project is and how soon the line will be open for service. The plan is that LUAS will enter fare paying service in March 2010.
As for other areas around here, traffic management is going to become a real issue on our estate. Indeed, it is likely that Fernleigh, Leopardstown Heights and ourselves will have the biggest problem in terms of parking.
Other places have found that LUAS passengers will tend to dump their cars for the day on any suitable piece of ground without any regard for people living there. If we want to maintain access to our homes and prevent the public open spaces being damaged, we need to come up with a plan to manage the traffic in the estate.
Different solutions have been tried in different places. These solutions range from nothing to time limited pay-to-park solutions. I would like to suggest the following;
1). The SHRA contacts the other estates in the area with a view to coordinating our response to LUAS.
2). SHRA examine some options and suggest some solutions.
3). SHRA puts the solutions up for a vote.
4). Any solution must be enforceable, simple to operate and be resident friendly.
I do have a preferred solution based on experience in other places but lets see what happens.
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