Rejection of development
Finnstown castle park should be left as a park, there are enough zoned land in Adamstown and Clonburris SDZ to cater for thousands more homes where as the actual public transport and public amenity land are few are far between.
The NTA should focus on getting public transport right for the residents already living in Lucan and Adamstown. Our communities continue to experience overcrowded buses, insufficient capacity, gaps in services and a transport network that has not kept pace with our rapidly growing population. There is no DART being built for another 10 years or so, and each train is already overcrowded, including weekends where there is less demand. The busses are already full by the time it passes Newcastle road so adding additional homes here would not increase in the use of public transport but rather additional car us
Planning decisions must consider the complete picture:
School capacity
Roads and traffic congestion
Actual public transport capacity
Health and community facilities
Our environment and valuable open spaces
The impact on existing communities
Public transport accessibility should not be used to justify thousands of additional homes while current services and essential infrastructure remain under enormous pressure. There are not enough primary or secondary schools in the area, traffic is shocking and public transport is a farce. Re-zoning and building in Finnstown Castle grounds would make a mockery of the current and future residents of Adamstown and Lucan.