Parking has been very constrained in Sandymount over many years for residents, businesses and visitors.
In the Village Ideas project, SAMRA examined various proposals to increase parking opportunities around the village, including consideration of various means to encourage a relatively short turnover of shoppers' etc parking on the business streets to discourage day long parking for anyone except residents.
In November last, SAMRA met Dublin City Council parking officials to discuss these proposals, and for various reasons including Bye Law regulations, they saw no prospects in these opportunities to improve the situation.
In January, SAMRA examined further opportunities, primarily considering various locations where road markings could be adjusted to provide more parking spaces. We have requested DCC to consider such changes through their Traffic Services Request process.
We identified possible locations on and just off the Green on Newgrove Avenue that would be particularly helpful in meeting people's concerns. The one on the Green is to do with what appears to be confusion concerning disabled parking. Two new disabled bays were installed some time ago in a new location adjacent to the junction, and it appears that the two existing disabled bays immediately 'downstream' have been removed. However this is not very clear as the old road markings are not fully removed and thus cause confusion. We have requested clearer road markings for these spaces to general parking.
On Newgrove Avenue, there is a considerable length of double yellow lines to the right of the entrance to Mount Tabor. In addition, there is a gap in these lines at what is a redundant narrow gate on the Mount Tabor wall. There has been a sign on that gate for some time noting that it is not in use, although that is not there now. At a minimum, a space outside that apparently redundant gate would be very welcome. A review of the extent of the double yellows is also requested. There may be a sight lines issue, but even with some reduction of these lines, some parking bays should not inhibit sight lines in either direction.
SAMRA has had a response from DCC about the suggested parking on the gable of Tesco, where DCC have said that the suggested location is on private land. Tesco have since informed us that their land is limited to the line of their building wall, so we are re-visiting this with DCC.
Our suggestions for limiting double yellows along Sandymount Rd seem very clear cut as they are outside the walls of houses, away from driveway entrances.
Lastly, we have suggested some changes to road markings on Strand Rd adjacent to the junction with Marine Drive.
In all, our Requests to DCC could deliver up to 13 spaces. It remains to be seen what their responses will be.
