CHAPTER 12 Sustainable Transport
We would like to see an assessment of transport options carried out for the Greystones/Delgany area given the high proportion of residents who commute to the greater Dublin area for employment and education. Expanding the N11 will be a costly undertaking (both in construction costs and the costs to climate). This area should be prioritised for a quality bus commuter route,Appropriate sites need to be identified for park and ride facilities on the N11.
Delgany and Greystones are currently serviced by the 84A which runs on an hourly timetable and the 84X which runs at peak hours. This can only be classified as a very limited service and the close to two-hour one-way trip to Dublin city centre renders it meaninglessas amode of transport for commuters. The use of the DART services in Greystones is limited to two trains per hour even at rush hour (because of the single track from Bray) and this service reached its capacity several years ago. This leaves the car as the only viable option for many commuters and sincethere has been virtually no change in the road infrastructure in Delgany/Greystones, it has resulted in long car commutes and stressed residents. This is neither healthy, nor sustainable,for the residents whoneed to commute to work. There is no separate bus lane on the N11 between Kilpedder/ Glen of the Downs and Cherrrywood, which means that city-bound buses are delayed in traffic jamscreated mainly by single occupancy vehicles.
The traffic in Delgany Village has become increasingly heavy, compounded by the ongoing high level of HGV activity associated with the continuing high level of residential development activity. We would strongly recommend that a traffic survey be implemented to review the situation and propose actions to address the increasing risks to both drivers and pedestrians, schoolchildren in particular, associated with the current situation. The poor footpath infrastructure and associated traffic risks forces parents to drive children got school, further increasing the level of traffic and associated risk. This vicious circle needs to be broken with a fundamental review of traffic flows and road/pathway infrastructure. The levies said to Wicklow CC should be used to fund addressing this increasingly important issue.