Submission from the National Transport Authority (Submission No 348)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
In relation to the density ranges set out in Table 11.2, some explanation is required as to why the lowest ‘Lower Target’ for a defined Inner Urban Suburb location (in Blarney) is lower than the general value for Outer Suburbs, which includes locations such as Tower and other parts of Blarney itself.
Draft Plan having regard to the need to balance the character of Blarney with the future improvements in public transport. Recommendation: (i) Insert new paragraph after 11.72 that sets out that the development of area-based development guidance (e.g. Framework Plans and Local Area Plans) will take account of the evolving Suitabilities and Sensitivities that formed the basis for the Study and the urban density strategy, including the transport context and network / public transport accessibility level.
4. CMATS mode share targets, Area Based Transport Assessment, Travel Demand Management, Mobility Management Plans, Universal Design
Section 4.13 Recommendation: Insert the following text:
This is agreed. Recommendation: Insert the following text in section 4.13:
CMATS is supported … and has been adopted and agreed between the National Transport Authority and the other key stakeholders – Cork City Council, Cork County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland and as such … .
4.13 CMATS is supported in the Southern Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) and has formally been adopted and agreed between the National Transport Authority and the other key stakeholders – Cork City Council, Cork County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland by the National Transport Authority and, as such, underpins the aims and objectives of this section. This is agreed. Recommendation: Change reference to “ Targets ” in Table 4.1 and paragraph 4.5 “ Outcomes ”.
Reference to Mode Share Targets and CMATS Table 4.1 and Table 4.2 refer to ‘CMATS Modal Share … Targets’ and section 4.5 refers to the ‘targets that CMATS was modelled on’. The mode share figures are presented in Chapter 18 of CMATS as Strategy Outcomes, they are not presented as mode share targets and should not be quoted as such in the Draft Plan. As Strategy Outcomes, they reflect the Strategy development process, including the assumed land use patterns as they
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