Submission from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (Submission No 62)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Recommendation: No change.
2. Core and Development Strategy
TII seeks to ensure that the carrying capacity, operational efficiency, safety and significant national investment made in national roads in Cork is protected and that the relevant policies/objectives included in the existing City Development Plan are continued and improved in accordance with the requirements of the DoECLG Spatial Planning and National Roads Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2012). However, it appears that this precedence has not been continued in the current Draft Plan as demonstrated by this submission and the lack of recognition of the national roads network in Chapter 2, including the figures/concept diagrams. The Council is also reminded that the DoECLG Spatial Planning and National Roads Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2012), requires that where planning authorities propose large scale development in urban areas and or areas adjoining national roads, including major junctions and interchanges, development plans should ensure that the capacity on national roads is utilised appropriately and that such roads can continue to perform their intended function into the future. This must be based on an evidence-based approach to planning policy. The Council is advised that any costs such as land acquisition, additional road infrastructure and environmental mitigation measures arising to the national roads network to accommodate local development proposals will be borne by the local authority. Such schemes will not be funded by TII. Thus, costs should be integrated within future local development contributions schemes. Concerns that the M20 and M28 national road schemes are not included in the “Growth Targets 2040” despite the acknowledgments of these schemes as RSES Transport Priorities for the Cork Metropolitan Area, the National
In carrying out its various roles, Cork City Council takes cognisance of the importance of the proper and full application of European, National and Regional policies for the protection and maintenance of the safety, operation and efficiency of national roads which serve Cork City, the Southern Region and national and international connectivity. In this regard it should be noted that (in accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended) a primary statutory role of a development plans is to set out a land use strategy and objectives to guide the future development of an area during a plan period. It is important to note that the Act also sets out detailed statutory requirements regarding the implementation of all development plans. This involves comprehensive development management requirements, including the need to ensure compliance with specific statutory road network design and planning, road safety and traffic management safeguards. In implementing these statutory requirements, Cork City Council will continue to actively engage with TII to ensure best practice outcomes that ensure compliance with specific statutory road network design and planning, road safety and traffic management safeguards. It is agreed that an objective can be included in the Draft Plan to safeguard the carrying capacity and operational efficiency of the national road network. As set out in the response to “1. National and R egional Policy Framework, Statutory Guidance & Transport” above, where large expansion areas are proposed within the vicinity of a major national road junction a TTA will, using an evidence-based methodology, consider the impact of the proposed
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