Submission from the National Transport Authority (Submission No 348)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
to existing commercial premises, for 100 or more employees to prepare a mob ility management plan …’.
management plans which promote and prioritise the use of more sustainable transport modes.”
Provision for Universal Design The NTA emphasised the need for all future development used by the public to be accessible and usable by everyone through provision for Universal Design. Recommendation: The Development Plan should include an objective relating to Universal Design, to enable universal access. Making the external built environment accessible to all can facilitate and promote the greater use of public transport, walking and cycling. The use of universal design in the external built environment can benefit all within society including those with specific mobility issues and requirements. Objectives which promote universal design in the external built environment such as providing separate pedestrian entrances, the provision of dropped curbs and tactile paving will provide a safer and more attractive environment for all.
This is agreed. Recommendations set out under Part 3, Delivering Homes & Communities of this Report propose amendments to Objectives 3.1 and 3.20 to include reference to Universal Design. Recommendation: See recommendations in Part 3, Delivering Homes & Communities of this Report for amendments to Objectives 3.1 and 3.20 to include reference to Universal Design.
5. The location of employment growth and the Draft Plan’s Strategic Employment locations
Strategic Employment Sites (including Objective 7.10) Three of the four proposed Strategic Employment Sites at CSIP, Cork Airport, Ballincollig and Tivoli are located on the East-West Corridor, which as proposed in CMATS, will ultimately be served by a combination of high quality bus, Light Rail and upgraded Suburban Rail. The merits of these sites for employment development is recognised, subject to the preparation / review of detailed ABTAs for the sites themselves or as part of their corresponding Key Growth Areas. In the case of the site at Cork International Airport, whilst it is expected to benefit from substantial improvements in accessibility, the overall scale and intensity of employment uses provided for needs to reflect its relatively peripheral
Paragraph 4.154 of the Draft Plan supports the use of Area Based Transport Assessments (ABTAs) which integrate national and regional transport policies and objectives into local level land use plans and in the preparation of Development Frameworks for significant development areas across the City. In relation to Cork Airport, under Objective 10.51 a framework plan will be prepared during the lifetime of the Plan for the airport to allow for its sustainable and coordinated growth. The NTA (and TII) are listed in this objective as key stakeholders. Recommendation: No change.
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