New bus gates on Bachelors Walk and Aston Quay

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I emailed yer one Higgins and both email addresses for auld Shakey anyway and made pretty much the same points. I'd encourage everyone here to do the same, politely. Makes a complete mockery of any more DCC public consultations if big businesses are allowed to completely disregard them and commission their own a month out from when plans are due to be implemented. A shambolic way to run anything, never mind a city!

I emailed her and my local TDs almost a week ago. Got a positive reply from my Green TD, a mostly positive one from one of my FG TDs and nothing at all from good old Emer.

I'd say Emer's inbox isn't exactly a nice place to be right now.

As I expected, a close knit group of very entitled individuals.

I think quite a lot of people do bother. Even if they don’t do anything about a reply, sending official complaints and comments to them does work.

TDs are always mouthing off about, phone calls to their office or emails or talking to constituents. They say that because as our representatives we have to hold them to account. All in a polite and formal manner, but still needed.

I emailed my local green TD as well, Neasa Hourigan, got a good reply indicating how she is pushing back against this along with her Green colleagues.

Also emailed Richard Shakespeare, all I got was a notification of receipt. Though I was never expecting any reply really so I guess it's something.

It's not the democratic will of the people. It was not a Part VIII, it was a non-statutory consultation, and such measures are an executive function of the Council Chief Exec, not the elected Councillors. So nobody is bound by anything at all that came from the submissions that were made, or any vote of Councillors.

I've known Dick Shakespeare for 25 years, man and boy. He makes things happen, he's an innovator and a collaborator,but....he's also a realist and a pragmatist.

If a large representation of his City Centre rates payers are pissed off, and are likely to interrupt their payments or other forms of protest, then Shakespeare is absolutely going to pay attention.

He knows, more than anyone, that it is he who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Hi Richard!

Seriously though, why bother running public consultations at all if a very narrow section of vested interests (car parks in this case) get to completely disregard them 4 weeks out from implementation? just a waste of time and money if the council that created said public consultations completely ignore the overwhelmingly positive response to it from citizens in favour of Noel Smyth & Co.

should be a simple camera to catch people using it and as the tickets go out, it will encourage compliance. However, I still think Guinness and any other heavy industry should be facilitated to use the quays - there is no need to remove the roads, no amount of “realm improvement” will make that a pleasing place. Better than those trucks being sent around through Phobs/Drumcondra etc to the port. There are a predictable number of them.

Could they not use the Liffey? It might cost a bit more in direct costs but it would be a big positive for their green credentials, which they can use in advertisements etc.

Roll out the barrells

not realistically and there seems to be issues with trying to schedule at night as Guinness, for noise reasons, is subject to limited hours plus the port has very little storage for the tankers. I’m more concerned for the other neighbourhoods than for Guinness per se. That’s a side issue however. I live in D6, happily drive through town and down the quays but I can see the sense in the traffic limitation - it’s rarely necessary. Might be convenient but rarely necessary. I’d also be happy to see taxis excluded from bus lanes too if it was of general benefit.

This is just the car park lobby though, nobody else.