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South Dublin County Council <strong>Newlands</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> Grade Separation<br />

Traffic Modelling: Working Paper No. 1<br />

1. INTRODUCTION<br />

Arup Consulting Engineers were commissioned by South Dublin County Council (SDCC) to<br />

prepare Preliminary Design and <strong>EIS</strong> for a Grade Separated Interchange at the N7/R113<br />

<strong>Newlands</strong> <strong>Cross</strong>.<br />

The use of appropriate traffic modelling tools is required to provide robust traffic flow<br />

forecasts to be fed into the preliminary design process and economic and environmental<br />

assessments. This report outlines the methodology for the traffic modelling of the <strong>Newlands</strong><br />

<strong>Cross</strong> Improvements.<br />

This report also presents the scope of traffic assessment work for preliminary design,<br />

environmental assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis of the proposed improvements.<br />

J:\D4500-D4599\D4556\4) DESIGN\11\<strong>EIS</strong>\<strong>EIS</strong> CHAPTERS\CHAPTER 5 TRAFFIC<br />

AND TRANSPORT\APPENDIX A5.1 TRAFFIC MODELLING METHODOLOGY<br />

REPORT_FINAL REV1.DOC<br />

Page 1 Arup Consulting Engineers<br />

Final 3 November 2005

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