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oad space should be mindful of the needs of other town users apart from traffic movement. The development of the Inner Relief Street should offer an enhanced focus on the pedestrian thereby creating opportunities for increased informal contact with suitable design creating ability for shops to open out onto streetscape with the incorporation of seating adjacent cafes and restaurants. The new street should be suitably soft and hard landscaped to provide a pleasant town centre environment and to reflect its location close to both the river and canal. Opportunities are available to develop between Inner Relief Street and Duke Street particularly with reference to Convent Lane and the river frontage. These four aspects create an opportunity to develop a vibrant urban block incorporating redevelopment along the river frontage with a river bank walk and commercial frontage facing the river. This will complement the historical aspect of Emily Square and the river frontage on the opposite river bank. The redevelopment on the west river bank along with the restoration of the historic walls would add significant amenity value to the town wide river and canal walking route. The Triangle Proposed new Civic Space around Dominican Church on the Inner Relief Street acts as a ‘gateway’ for access from the Triangle Site. The expanse of the site in addition to its strategic location in relation to the town’s natural amenities allows for maximum permeability to the pedestrian and cyclist. The redevelopments of the triangle will allow for the creation of a number of attractive river and canal walks. The development of this site offers opportunities to develop a direct pedestrian link from the Ardrew area to the town centre. Emily Square Emily Square offers an exciting opportunity to provide a new civic focus in the heart of the town. The reduction in vehicular movements in the area in addition to the removal of a substantial quantum of parking provision will create opportunities for enhanced pedestrian movements to and through the area. Furthermore the square boasts a unique composition of interconnecting public spaces lending itself to public use. Pedestrianisation with frontage on to the river area incorporating appropriate landscaping and seating will further enhance the sense of a civic environment as a town focal point with frontage on to the river. Shaw’s Square The development of the inner relief street together with the vision of developing a continuous river front walk on the west bank of the Barrow offers the opportunity to reclaim Shaw’s Square as a predominantly pedestrian environment providing linkage from the north west of the town to the town centre and complementing the development of St John’s Lane. The development of the proposed pedestrian footbridge across the Barrow to the north of Shaw’s Square will enhance access into the Square and therefore contribute to its ultimate vibrancy. Objective 10 Minimise car access and through traffic through the town through the utilisation of key road links. Within Athy, a number of key perimeter and distributor routes have been identified to facilitate the movement of vehicles through the town. These route options have been tested using the SATURN and MEPLAN traffic modelling packages to ensure that the appropriate traffic uses the appropriate routes and further details of the modelling outputs are given in section 9.4 which includes further considerations regarding the southern bypass options. The model assessments indicate the need for a southern bypass of the town by 2016 to facilitate traffic travelling in an east-west direction. The creation of this route would perform the following key functions: • Alleviate congestion on the N78 and proposed Inner Relief Street • Facilitate traffic travelling to and from the potential N9 link road Athy IFPLUT Study 102 Final Report December 2004
• Provide access to the major employment centres proposed to the south and west of the town, thereby removing HGV traffic from sensitive routes within the town • Reduce traffic flows on the secondary distributor routes of the Carlow Road and Fortbarrington Road With regards to this proposal, the SATURN and MEPLAN model provides a strategic assessment of the future road hierarchy in relation to the land use scenarios. However, it is recommended that a full route feasibility study be undertaken to determine the future need, timescale for implementation and alignment of the southern bypass route. In providing this link, the existing N78 will cease to perform the function of a national secondary route, but instead will become a distributor route linking the outlying residential areas to the town centre. Under the Preferred Scenario, the R417 Carlow to Monasterevin Road will continue to perform as the main distributor route for traffic travelling in a north/south direction. In keeping with the recommendations of the N78 Athy Relief Street Report, Emily Square will become one way northbound to aid the flow of traffic through this narrow section. Traffic travelling in a southerly direction on the R417 will be directed onto Leinster Street and the Inner Relief Street before rejoining the Carlow Road. Under this scenario, the Stradbally Road will continue to perform as a distributor route for traffic approaching the town from the northwest. However, the implementation of a one-way system west-bound along Duke Street between Convent Lane and Woodstock Street will remove a significant proportion of town centre through traffic from the R417. In line with the spatial distribution of land uses within the Preferred Scenario, a number of complementary access routes have been developed linking the primary and secondary distributor routes to the key residential and employment areas in the south of the town. Access routes to Ardrew and the employment lands to the east of Athy have been created along the alignment of the southern distributor route. These roads have been severed at the river and railway line, thereby restricting movement along these routes to local traffic only. Within the town centre cell a series of traffic management measures have been proposed to restrict unnecessary vehicular movement between the Inner Relief Street and Leinster Street/Duke Street. A number of connecting links, such as Meeting Lane, Convent Lane, Green Alley and Canal Side have been designated ‘Pedestrian Priority Areas’. These areas have been designed to cater for increased pedestrian movements by restricting vehicular flows and speeds. A number of pedestrian measures have been developed depending on the function of the street, these range from pedestrianisation of a link with local access only to reducing carriageway widths and redesigning junctions with pedestrian friendly measures. The removal of unnecessary parking within the heart of the town centre will not only provide a more attractive civic space, but also alleviate congestion for people who need to park within the town centre such as delivery vehicles, disabled drivers and buses. In line with the development of the Inner Relief Street, it is proposed that a significant proportion of the parking be removed from Emily Square, Barrow Quay and the Shaw’s site, to reduce congestion within the town centre and provide for new civic areas. Within these town centre areas, provision will be made for disabled parking and delivery vehicles. In order to accommodate the displaced parking within the town centre, it is recommended that 5 sites on the periphery of the town centre cell be considered for redevelopment with the inclusion of public car parking. These potential locations are as follows: • South of Inner Relief Street near junction with Meeting Lane • West of Catholic Church, Stanhope Street; intensification of existing car park • Between Woodstock Street and St John’s Lane • West of Inner Relief Street: Minch Norton site/between IRS and William Street/Tegral site • West of Dominican Church Athy IFPLUT Study 103 Final Report December 2004
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CONTENTS PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1
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INTRODUCTION Athy IFPLUT Study 1 Fi
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1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study
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1.4 Projected Residential and Emplo
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1.6 Report Structure The structure
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REVIEW Strategic Context of Athy Co
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2 STRATEGIC CONTEXT OF ATHY 2.1 Int
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Centres (e.g. Athy) within the Hint
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• More sustainable commuting patt
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Retail Planning Strategy for the Gr
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In land use terms it is the aim to
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Zoning in the town centre is primar
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2.3 Summary The strategies, plans a
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The 1996 and 2002 SAPS provide data
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3.4 Existing Land Use Residential A
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Heritage Athy is a designated Herit
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Again, Section 6 below will analyse
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3.7 Public Transport Services Athy
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Rail Services Athy is presently ser
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4.2 Consultation Methodology The de
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• Opinion varied on the provision
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PRINCIPLES & OBJECTIVES Athy IFPLUT
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5 PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES In orde
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mitigation because inter alia it is
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Objective 9 Maximise slow mode pene
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ASSESSMENT Assessment of Future Gro
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