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The new two-way segregated cycleway on Strand Rd, Sandymount, south Dublin, is facing a challenge in the courts, with a High Court action just commenced.
The case, which wants a judicial review of the project,
is being taken by a local resident, Peter Carvill, and Cllr Mannix Flynn (Ind).
They are claiming Dublin City Council acted beyond its powers in implementing the cycleway, without planning permission, as part of its mobility strategy in response to Covid-19.
Mr Carvill and Cllr Flynn also say Dublin City Council
breached the law by failing to publish a screening assessment of the project
during public consultation. The screening assessment concluded an environmental
impact study was not required.
The case also claims the screening assessment, carried out by consultants, did not take into account the fact vehicles displaced from Strand Rd – when it is scaled down to a way-one road to accommodate the cycleway – into surrounding areas would spread pollution there.
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An online fundraising drive to raise enough for legal fees to challenge the project reached its €20,000 goal. However, it was unclear if that money raised online by residents groups was being used in the High Court case.
Dublin City Council must now reply in the court to the
claims being made about the project by Mr Carvill and Cllr Flynn.
Work has already commenced on the cycleway project with
the intention the route will be open from March 1st for a six-month trial.
The two-way cycleway being installed will result in
vehicular traffic being reduced to one lane on Strand Rd, with drivers allowed
to travel outbound only to the Merrion Gates.
While most of the 3,000 respondents to a public survey
welcomed the two-way segregated cycle route trial for six months, others
objected and some residents groups have been especially opposed to the project.
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