Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman for the clarification. A layperson may look at this and consider how it impacts an area and it is quite like drowning in documentation. There is mention of it being a high-level strategy. People in the area might say there are 2,500 students and teachers coming into the area and there will be additional bus routes. If they are mentioned, should it be very clear that the proposals will not be applied? There is, I suppose, a level of distrust arising because three corridors are going to drive traffic down the likes of Stannaway Road, a narrow road that will become a main route to the city for non-public transport. People and businesses do not feel they are being listened to in that regard. I appreciate that there has been engagement, but there are businesses on the likes of Sundrive Road. People on Greenlea Road fear that everything will be driven down there when these are very quiet residential areas.

The traffic modelling of the impact of those three corridors - or five in a very tight area - has not been forthcoming. That was a time when we could not have public meetings and we could not call in an engineer to dispel myths and inform people so they can make their own submissions in a public consultation.