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South Dublin County Council N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade Environmental Impact Statement Arup Consulting Engineers residential property to the east of the Belgard Road. The grassed median will be removed and a new road layout with new road surfacing inserted along the Belgard Road. The existing mature tree planting located at the north east corner of Newlands Golf Course will be removed and replaced with semi-mature tree planting of similar species. The visual impact from this viewpoint will be significant and neutral. View 5: View from Newlands Golf Course looking north east toward the overpass Existing: The upper levels of Bewley’s Hotel are visible behind the existing tree planting located along the northern boundary of Newlands Golf Course. Proposed: A small portion of the overpass will be visible from this location. The proposed mitigation – screen planting on a two metre high mound - will obstruct views towards the development from this viewpoint. Partial mitigation will be achieved by the replacement of the mature trees located at the north-eastern boundary of the golf course with large semi-mature trees. Therefore the visual impact will be significant and neutral. View 6: View from the open space to the north west of the N7 road corridor looking south east Existing: The grassed open space is visible in the foreground of view with a hedge, located on the median of the existing roadway, visible to the right of view. Both sides of the roadway are bounded by tree planting, with the trees located along the edge of the open space to the left of view and the tree planting along the boundary of Newlands Golf Course to the right of view. Proposed: The ramped northern end of the proposed overpass is visible in the centre of view, where it begins to rise above the existing grade. A portion of the grassed open space has been removed to allow for road realignment at this location. Given the scale and sweep of the road corridor, and the gradual rise of the proposed carriageway the visual impact will be moderate and neutral. View 7: View from the Belgard Heights residential area to the south looking north towards the overpass Existing: This is a long distance view towards the development indicating that the subject site is not visible from this location. Proposed: The location of the proposed development (not visible in the view) is indicated by a red line. The proposed overpass is screened by the existing vegetation between the viewpoint and the development. Therefore the visual impact from this viewpoint will be imperceptible. View 8: View from the slip road located at the rear of the housing to the north east backing onto the N7 road corridor Existing: The visual intrusion caused by slow moving traffic at the junction and by the lighting standards along the existing road corridor is visible to the left of view. The existing tree December 2007 Page 113
South Dublin County Council N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade Environmental Impact Statement Arup Consulting Engineers planting to the boundaries of the residential properties to the north of the existing roadway are visible to the right of view. The slip road containing the bus corridor and grass verge is visible in the foreground. Proposed: The stone clad wall to the proposed ramp of the overpass, with the noise barrier and lighting standards are visible in the left foreground, obstructing views across the N7 road corridor. New surfacing for the slip road, bus corridor and footpath are visible in the foreground of view, with the existing tree planting to the boundaries of the residential properties retained to the right of view. Given the low visual amenity quality of the existing view the visual impact from this location will be significant and neutral. Views out from the Road Corridor Existing views out along the road corridor are limited due to the road corridor being on grade and views out being obstructed by the built elements and vegetation located along the edge of the roadway. The proposed road corridor, being elevated to a maximum of 9 metres over existing ground levels, will offer more in the way of views out while travelling along the road corridor. There will also be views from Heavy Goods Vehicles towards the rear gardens of the two-storey housing backing on to the N7. 7.4.3.4 Visual Amenity The existing road corridor has low visual amenity value. The proposed overpass scheme will also offer little in the way of visual amenity. However with the reduction of visual clutter caused by traffic stopped at the junction there will be a slight improvement in the extremely localised visual amenity quality at the junction. 7.5 Mitigation Measures 7.5.1 Construction Phase 7.5.1.1 Visual Impact The visual impact during construction phase will be mitigated somewhat by appropriate site management measures and work practices to ensure the site is kept tidy, dust is kept to a minimum, and that public areas are kept free from building material and site rubbish. Appropriate site hoardings will be put in place around the perimeter of the site. Car parking will be provided for construction staff on site to prevent parking on the surrounding road network. In general the visual impact will be seen as an unavoidable part of construction works. The impact will be temporary and to ensure the time frame for construction is as short as possible, taking into account health and safety issues, proper site management procedures will be implemented to ensure that the works are completed on programme. December 2007 Page 114
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APPENDIX A5 - TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT
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