Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council
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7.3 Movement Strategy<br />
The Metro Quarter is located around the <strong>Swords</strong> Metro Stop. Its extent runs<br />
along the R132 as far north as the Malahide roundabout and as far south as the<br />
future slip roads accessing the underground car parks and ‘Metro Box’*. To the<br />
east and west, the Metro Quarter will abut the adjacent development areas of<br />
Pavilions and Barrysparks, however it will have an influence on all approaches<br />
into the quarter from these developments.<br />
The Metro Quarter will be the multi modal (multi level) transport hub and focal<br />
point of movement to and from the town. An enhanced network of roads,<br />
cycle/footpaths and public transport provision is designed to feed this hub and<br />
promote reduced car dependency within the town as a whole. In addition to this,<br />
Metro Quarter fulfils a vital role in connecting seamlessly between the existing<br />
Town Centre and new development areas whilst overcoming the severance of<br />
the R132. The development either side of the R132 will facilitate the bridging over<br />
the roadway and metro line at the Metro Quarter. These bridging elements will<br />
be in the form of public streets and will permit a new dedicated bus route to be<br />
established, thus forming effective links between east and west areas of <strong>Swords</strong>.<br />
Connectivity between the Metro Quarter and local/regional areas will be<br />
supported in the following way:<br />
● Metro Stop located in the central median of the R132 providing access to<br />
Dublin City, Dublin Airport and the future development lands at Lissenhall.<br />
● Bus stops located along the R132 will be retained for national, regional and<br />
local services.<br />
● Future bus stops will be located along “The Rise” on the Metro Plaza level<br />
(+7.5m) serving local east west routes. This route may also accommodate taxis.<br />
● Cycle routes and provision for bike parking will be located along R132. Eastwest<br />
cycle routes and parking will be provided at the Metro Plaza level.<br />
● In order to maintain operational capacity, left in – left out access ramps will<br />
be provided to underground car parks in both directions along the R132.<br />
Connectivity between the Metro Quarter and surrounding developments will be<br />
supported in the following way:<br />
● At the Metro Plaza level, at-grade connections will be provided to “Central<br />
Street” and “The Rise” on the Pavilions side (see Section 6.0), as well as<br />
“Upper Street” and “Eastern Avenue” on the Barrysparks side (see Section 8.0).<br />
● At the R132 level, at grade access will be provided into the Pavilions and<br />
Barrysparks developments to the east and west.<br />
● Pedestrian footpaths will be located along the R132 and two pedestrian<br />
crossing points between the path and the Metro Stop will be located at each<br />
end of the platform.<br />
● Vertical access between the R132 level and the Metro Plaza will be provided<br />
in three locations:<br />
– At the end of the metro platform there will be two escalators and one<br />
lift between the two levels.<br />
– On each side of the R132 there will be stair access along with a lift<br />
between the two levels.<br />
* Metro Box is an underground vehicular connection across the R132, associated ramps, and necessary<br />
realignment of the R132 locally, in order to provide for access to lands zoned ‘<strong>Swords</strong> Town Centre’<br />
east and west of the R132, as shown in the <strong>Fingal</strong> Development Plan 2005 to 2011. This Metro Box plan<br />
was adopted under Part 8.<br />
S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N<br />
Specific Local Objectives:<br />
● The Rise and Western Avenue will be between 12 and 14 metres<br />
wide (subject to confirmation of detailed traffic engineering design<br />
requirements) and at a slope of less than 1:20 to accommodate<br />
buses in both directions, in addition to pedestrian and cycle<br />
movements.<br />
● Dedicated cycle routes and cycle parking will be provided in both<br />
directions along R132 and east-west at Metro plaza level.<br />
● Vertical circulation of high architectural quality will be provided on<br />
both sides of the R132 as well as at the Metro Platform to access<br />
the Metro Plaza.<br />
Part XI Scheme currently on public display<br />
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