I am a resident of [Personal Information Redacted] I make this submission on the Proposed Material Amendment to the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme 2019 (amendments 3, 4, 8, 9 and 18).

I support better walking, cycling and public transport at Clonburris. However, I am concerned that downgrading the north-south vehicular link (amendments 3 and 4) will push extra traffic through the Fonthill Road North junction at Seven Mills - as the Council’s own Systra traffic report indicates - while parking here is already restricted.

Crucially, Seven Mills has no bus service at all, and the completion of DART+ South West - the rail service this area depends on - has been deferred to post-2035 in the National Development Plan Review 2025 Sectoral Investment Plan for Transport. It is not acceptable to reduce or constrain parking (amendments 8 and 9) on the basis of public transport that does not exist and is more than a decade away.

I therefore ask the Council to:

·       assess and mitigate the traffic impact on the Seven Mills junction;

·       protect existing and accessible parking;

·       ensure any parking reduction is conditional on public transport being actually delivered and operational; and

·       confirm that reallocating units to the northern area (amendment 18) will not add traffic and parking pressure near Seven Mills without matching transport capacity.

Kind regards

Ricardo Santos

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