Period of consultation announced for proposed traffic changes in Grafton St area

Dublin City Council has announced that a period of consultation is set to commence later this week on proposed changes to traffic in the Grafton St area.

The changes follow on from the Weekend Pedestrianisation Trials that took place on five streets over six weekends during the months of July and August.

An online survey conducted by Dublin City Council into the trials received 1,588 responses.

In a statement released today Dublin City Council said:

“95% of respondents were in favour of permanently pedestrianising the streets, but we are aware of opposing views from a number of retailers and there are also difficulties with accommodating access to existing car parks.

“Dublin City Council is now proposing that four streets should be either traffic-free, or have sections of them traffic-free, daily after 11am.

Those streets are:

• Anne Street South from the junction of Dawson Street
• South William Street from the Brown Thomas carpark exit to Exchequer Street
• Drury Street from just after its junction with Fade Street to the Drury Street carpark
• Dame Court From Exchequer Street

“Dublin City Council is not proposing at this point in time to pedestrianise Duke St.

“We will now undertake a period of consultation to ascertain if there is broad acceptance of the proposals, especially from the business community and retailers in the streets where proposals for changes are being made.”