Council official apologises after local residents left out of loop on RCSI’s plans for York Street
Councillor calls for traffic improvements for whole area – not just for RCSI staff and students at the east end of York Street.
But in the face of stiff resistance from council managers, they backed down – for now, at least.
Here’s some of what Fingal councillors have been proposing at recent council meetings.
The new budget, approved by councillors at a meeting on 3 December, is up 7.5 percent from this year, to €389 million.
Tree pits, rain gardens, and swales would help absorb rain, to reduce the flow into the sewers when it’s really tipping it down.
The council is now looking to lower the speed limit and – eventually, maybe, install speed ramps.
“We couldn’t continue. It’s become a full-time unpaid job,” says chairperson Jackie Ball.
Momo, pani puri and chow mein all feature on the menu of this homely addition to the underground mall.
The HSE isn’t maintaining them well, or doing necessary upgrades – maybe it’s time it hands them over to the council, tenants and local councillors say.
And there’s no prospect of Gannon Properties taking down the fences that block off a stretch of Glen Ellan Road anytime soon.
On Thursday, they backed a motion asking council managers to look at using a compulsory purchase order to buy it.
At a meeting Thursday, councillors worried the fee increase would lead to an increase in illegal dumping.
It’ll mean upgrading bus stops, footpaths and crossings on the R127 to make it safe to get to the path to the beach, before upgrading that too, he said.