INFRASTRUCTURE

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INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION

• Access for all ( M . Lorrigan )- Footpaths and
  getting into public transport
• Metro North is it happening?
• Exercise Cycle routes from Fairview to Sutton
  should be extended Cost to extend this to
  woodenbridge Dollymount
• Safety of cyclists Segrated on path rather than
  on roads
• Issue of Right of Way is there cycling rules?
  National Policy
• Walking should be good quality footpaths
• Electric wheelchairs Use of cyclepaths for
  this? Safety and Access is an issue
• New areas should have proper facilities such as
  cyclepaths and footpaths

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• Renewable energy - in favour of this eg Father
  Collins park and Enfield Estate Wind Turbines
• If planned and developed properly should be ok.
• Technology will develop
• Greater use of solar energy
• Wave energy on the coast
• Transport Electric cars in support of this
• Parking Malahide disc parking extends out of
  the village lack of space
• Underground parking is ok but costly
• Multi-storey in towns may be acceptable

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• Housing is there enough parking? Problems with
  communal parking loss of spaces in towns to
  provide extra parking
• Flooding - Need to take account of this Coastal
  Flooding and Coastal erosion
• No rural public transport within Fingal Service
  provided by the North Fingal Rural Transport
• People are isolated in rural areas
• NFTI provides service to all age groups
  especially school students
• Service for school children by mainstream is
  inadequate
• Train service should introduce a Monday to Friday
  ticket

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• Frequency of train service on Balbriggan/Dublin
  line
• Lack of direct bus from Balbriggan to Dublin
• Correction of roundabouts within Balbriggan to
  ease traffic
• Challenge of amount of school traffic in
  Balbriggan need for school buses
• Alcohol on trains need for greater security
• Adequate signage on roads needed
• Difficult to provide Sunday transport
• Need to encourage weekend visits to city
• Everything concentrated on centre in
  transportation no link up of transportation
  system

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• Radial transport needed eg. Orbital systems
• Efficiency of public buses - unoccupied in
  morning
• A need for connection between transport types
  e.g.. Bus and rail
• Proposal for Treble lock multipurpose rail
  system
• Orbital link need around Dublin
• Need for flyovers within roads
• Need for integrated ticketing system
• Need for transport system which suits users
• Land use must support public transport - links
  must be provided
• 29 Bus route does not service a large housing
  area in Baldoyle laneway by the track in
  Baldoyle Industrial Estate access to Hole in
  the Wall rd bad Loss of 129 - 128 is good

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ENTERPRISE EMPLOYMENT

• Tourism Great location to visit should
  promote
• Sport
• European cross-country race at Santry up to 1000
  competitors
• Santry stadium and hotels to be used as base for
  competitors for 2012 Olympics in London
  Jamaicans to base themselves in Limerick need
  to plan now
• Walking championships in Phoenix Park use
  Santry to train
• Tennis clubs courts need upgrading such as
  Malahide.
• Foreign students use the courts in summer
• 7 to 10,000 children use tennis courts in tennis
  leagues
• Parks need extra facilities such as cafes and
  Bars- Vandalism is an issue

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ENTERPRISE EMPLOYMENT cont

• Employment Technology should be promoted.
  Development of science a priority
• All employment should be considered
• Baldoyle Industrial Estate one exit/entrance is
  in wrong place should not be in a residential
  place. Access through Industrial Estate to Howth
  Junction is problematic
• What is leisure Activity, organised sport,
  walking, indoor activities
• National Marine Centre- Seal Sanctuary Bird
  Sanctuary offering employment Training of vets
  shops and parking
• Held up lack of funding
• Airport biggest employer in the country Asset
• Integrated orbital road required

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ENTERPRISE EMPLOYMENT

• Bremore port public/private development
  offers opportunity
• Increased need for rail
• Need for outer orbital routes to avoid Dublin Area

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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

• Sport Football matches cancelled due to
  unplayable pitch. Multi-purpose indoor centre
  should be developed
• Sustainable Development Independent living is
  not a reality for all disabled people. Grouped
  Schemes work better, there will be a growth in
  need.
• All housing to be fit for life, fit for purpose
• Support needed for disabled people if they are to
  live in the community
• Lack of service in Fingal Co Co area for disabled
  people, their needs should be recognised
• Growth in population will require additional
  services
• Hindu Community Services need for place or
  worship and cultural centre for Saturday
• Zoning should include provision for place of
  worship

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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Cont..

• Provision for community centre to be used by
  religious groups
• Need for weekend access to schools and shared use
  of community facilities eg. Parking, storage
  and food preparation area
• Width of roads in housing estates is an issue
  well facilitated in rural areas
• National Marine Centre in Balbriggan can we
  leverage greater support for Centre by offering
  shared facilities
• Number of houses within Fingal has reached
  capacity level in relation to the infrastructure
  available
• Decline in levies from builders
• Unoccupied houses in Ballyboughal
• Lack of rural zoning within rural villages act as
  disincentive to for sale of/occupancy of houses
• House developers Park and ride bus service
• Road size condition in rural areas

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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES cont

• Nursing homes Get developers to build nursing
  homes
• Better to get people live at home rather than a
  nursing home
• New housing does not cater for the elderly or
  disabled Not a complete society only for the
  young
• Mixed housing types are required ie. Single
  storey units
• Discrimination due to house types
• Nursing homes to be located in urban areas
  should not be in isolated rural areas.
• More activity in the urban areas on the Continent
• Community centres are often not in the community
  not accessible to all Inner city has them
  where required such as Summerhill
• The elderly are an afterthought
• Facilities and services should be located where
  required

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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES cont

• Place of worship Need a shared facility for
  worship Temple could be a tourist facility
  Need for place of worship will develop over time.
• ABCD Assets Based Community Development. There
  is a need to know what we have so we can get what
  we need The most sustainable communities
  develop from inside out
• Open space Grass in housing estates works well
  kick about areas popular
• Big parks nothing to do not secure more
  policing. Need events to liven them up
• Father Collins Park very busy lots of
  activity easy to police and accessible
• Running in groups for safety reason
• Should be less pitches but better used.

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• Music festivals, car boot sales should be
  encouraged as lack of activity encourages
  anti-social behaviour
• Rural residents cannot afford an urban house
• Provision of zoning with rural areas
  problematical

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HERITAGE ISSUES

• No National Marine Centre (Isle of Sky,
  Portsmouth and Cornwall)
• Oil spill no national plan
• Climate change has brought new challenges
• Basking sharks have appeared in Irish waters
• Fish stock must think about sustainability
• Swords Estuary monitoring of bird life should
  encouraged in partnership with Bird Watch Ireland
• Cleaning up of beaches needed
• Incrased provision of land along the coast for
  access and footpaths
• Managing back garden space
• Natural Heritage Need to protect future and
  natural heritage
• Green Belts Need to protect these they are
  important

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• Strategic need not just to stop towns meeting
  Need to be clearly identified and not serviced
• Built Heritage Need to look after this and not
  build close to these can get vandalised. Casino
  in Malahide an example of loss of an important
  feature
• Proper infrastructure would stop indisciminate
  development
• Impact of large developments in towns and
  villages ie. Shopping centre - often negative
  as character is lost
• Provision of bus service to Ardgillan/Skerries
  Mills needed
• Cycleways/Walkways along the canal
• Protect what is already there exploit what we
  have ie. Ardgillan, Newbridge and Malahide

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HERITAGE ISSUES cont

• There is an abundance of heritage in Fingal
• Leverage Four Knocks feature
• Increase provision of Seamus Ennis type centre
• Leverage Rush theatre
• We have so much
• Heritage is important but cant be at expense
  of today or tomorrow
• Strategy to identify future Need to be flagged
  prior to development

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CROSS CUTTING THEMES

• Recycling is a good idea Bin system works well
  Could be a problem if more are introduced ie.
  Bottle bins
• Design Considered to be important. Character
  needs to be protected Northwood, Santry
  considered to be a good example of design adds
  pride to a community.
• Heritage and features of the county are a selling
  point to business
• Social inclusion smaller is best Easier to
  support people
• Dublin 15 lack of facilities, small parks and
  lack of schools
• Part V Housing Good idea. Better than old
  Council Housing schemes and rent to by schemes
  are good
• Sustainable development is the way need to
  consider more safe cycling less need to travel
  a balance Steady and secure growth

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• Encourage development which as long term gain
• Make public transport attractive to use
• Cycle lanes and the provision of short term
  rental bicycles should be encouraged
• Housing should not be just social housing
  need proper integration of house types
• Social integration Empty estates would be
  best to fill them with people who need housing
  but that can pose problems through an over
  dominance of one group.
• Subsidies for adaption to Climate change ie.
  insulations etc.
• Adaption of roundabout frequency to
  encourage better energy need and efficiency

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• Brown , Green and Black bins seem to work well
• Ghettos developing in Balbriggan area
  preventing integration of social groups

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MISCELLANEOUS

• Sports facilities should be multipurpose- need
  facilities in the community
• Facilities to be open to all and not dominated by
  one sporting group
• Sports facility as Lusk (Sporting Fingal) to be
  for multi-use
• Beach clean ups Community should participate
  Beaches are an asset
• Need for community initiative Litter wardens
• Need for little things load up on pooper
  scoopers
• Oyster Card half price travel on all types of
  public transport
• Integrated ------ necessary

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• Park and Ride if you drive there should be an
  incentive to use the Park and Ride ie. Free
  parking causing problems in residential areas.
• Integrated ticketing necessary.

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ENTERPRISE EMPLOYMENT cont