Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council

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8.2 Movement Strategy Objectives: ● To provide for a legible and permeable high quality urban environment, readily recognisable and easy to move around. ● To provide for a network of well-designed safe, direct and attractive pedestrian and cycle routes throughout the development lands and linking these lands to the Swords Metro Stop, Pavilions development area and Main Street. ● To ensure the Barrysparks development integrates with the surrounding transport network, particularly with the Metro North Stop at ground and first floor level, with the vehicular road network below ground level (Metro Box*), with the vehicular route/transport interchange over the R132 and vehicular connections to the proposed Airside/Drynam Link Road to facilitate future development. INTEGRATION Barrysparks is located to the southeast of Swords Main Street and the Pavilions development area. It is an undeveloped green-field site within an increasingly urban setting, adjacent to the R132 to the northwest and adjoining the proposed Swords Metro Stop. The adjoining land is residential to the north-east, industrial/manufacturing zoned lands to the east (currently undeveloped), residential to the south-east, office to the west and Town Centre zoned lands to the north (Pavilions). This land bank must integrate seamlessly with Pavilions and Swords Main Street if it is to be a successful Town Centre extension. CONNECTIVITY All modes of traffic will be connected with Barrysparks in a number of ways to ensure accessibility and permeability within the site and beyond to the Town Centre and Pavilions development area: ● Public Transport: The Metro Quarter will be a multi-modal transport interchange accommodating the Swords Metro Stop adjacent to the site. A bus route over the R132 at Plaza level (facilitating Metro interchange) will connect Barrysparks with the Pavilions, Malahide Road and Main Street. ● Private Vehicular Traffic and Metro Box*: As part of the Metro Quarter an underground network will be developed linking Barrysparks and Pavilions beneath the R132. Access to this network will be via ramps adjoining both sites inter-connecting beneath the R132. Barrysparks will connect southwards to the proposed Airside/Drynam local distributor road, facilitating connection to the southeast quadrant of Swords back into the Town Centre. ● Pedestrian/cyclist permeability will be accommodated through the site via a network of streets, which will link at ground level and at plaza level/+1 to the Metro North and Pavilions development area and also to the southeast via the Airside/Drynam distributor link road network. * Metro Box is an underground vehicular connection across the R132, associated ramps, and necessary realignment of the R132 locally, in order to provide for access to lands zoned ‘Swords Town Centre’ east and west of the R132, as shown in the Fingal Development Plan 2005 to 2011. This Metro Box plan was adopted under Part 8. S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N 8 6
PERMEABILITY AND STREET PATTERN The following series of internal streets [see map Movement Strategy] are proposed within the lands, which will enable permeability and connectivity within the development area and also to the surrounding environment: The primary street through the scheme is a 24 hour pedestrian street called ‘Upper Street’ which traverses the site northwest-southeast. This street connects at +1 with the Metro Plaza, linking up with ‘Central Street’ within the Pavilions site, and connecting ultimately to the Cultural Quarter/Ward River Valley Park and Swords Main Street. Lower Street is a 24 hour pedestrian route, which runs parallel to Upper Street and connects to the Metro Quarter to the north and ‘Main Square’ public space to the south. It links into Upper Street in proximity to the Metro Plaza and also at Main Square. The Rise will be an important street, offering 24 hour public transport/pedestrian/cyclist connection between Barrysparks through the Pavilions to Swords Main Street and supporting multi-modal interchange with Metro North. The Rise will be an inclined street with an average gradient of less than 1:20 and will be approx 12-14m wide (subject to confirmation of detailed traffic engineering design). The street climbs from existing ground level within Barrysparks, to level +1 at the Metro Plaza, returning to ground level at Malahide Road. This route will play an important part in the public transport system and will allow pedestrian connection at +1 level to the Metro Plaza and the Metro stop. Western Avenue is an “all vehicle” street traversing the development area (northwest-southeast), linking to the R132 for southbound traffic exiting the site and linking into the proposed Airside/Drynam local distributor road to the south. Eastern Avenue is an “all vehicle” route which links the R132 at the northern part of the site and proposed Airside/Drynam local distributor road to the south. This route interconnects with ‘The Rise’ public transport route. A number of secondary link streets are proposed within the development to support the primary north-south links. The Cut is a 24 hour secondary pedestrian route offering a link from The Rise to Upper Street and also provides entrances to housing above. Bridge Street traverses the site, linking Western and Eastern Avenues/The Rise and is predominately for the use of cyclists, pedestrians and service vehicles. Cross Street also traverses the site, providing access between Western and Eastern Avenues. This is predominately for cyclists/pedestrians modes and for service vehicles. At limited times of the day it may also be used by cars. In the evenings its use will help bring activity to the central parts of the development and the Main Square. S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N CONNECTIONS [see map Levels/Movement] To ensure integration with the Metro Plaza and adjoining Pavilions development, Upper Street will slope from at grade at Main Square to +1 at the Metro Plaza (+7.5 m) at a gradient of 1:30. Where Upper Street and Lower Street link to the Metro Stop, vertical circulation between levels is provided. Another stair and lift will be provided at the Main Square linking the ground level to the arcaded routes. Other stairs and lifts will be incorporated along this upper route as required. The ‘Rise’ will move from ground level within the Barrysparks lands to +1 over the Metro Plaza and connect through the Pavilions lands to the Malahide Road. This transition will occur over a slope of less than 1:20, capable of accommodating buses and pedestrians/cyclists (subject to confirmation of detailed traffic engineering design). ‘South Street’ will rise from 0 to +1 towards the western section, with car parking accommodated below this area. Metro Quarter. There will 2 pedestrian crossing facilities at ground level from Metro Platform to Barrysparks. There will be 3 vertical circulation nodes to facilitate ease of movement at this location between the Metro Plaza and Barrysparks and Pavilions. [see Section addressing Metro Quarter]. 8 7 Levels/Movement Specific Objectives: ● Development shall integrate with the Metro Plaza (providing +1 level pedestrian connectivity to existing Town Centre and Pavilions development) and underground vehicular network beneath the R132, including access ramps. These connections shall be provided for prior to the occupation of any development on the Barrysparks lands. ● The Rise/Western Avenue and Eastern Avenue shall link into the proposed Airside/Drynam distributor link road. This connection shall be provided in tandem with development on the Barrysparks lands. ● All the streets within the Barrysparks development area shall facilitate 24 hour public access. ● Upper Street shall be the primary pedestrian street linking into the Metro Plaza and shall clearly connect to Central Street within the Pavilions site. ● The Rise shall be constucted at a gradient of less than 1:20 (subject to confirmation of detailed traffic engineering design) and shall be a 24 hour public transport street linking Barrysparks, over the R132, through the northern section of the Pavilions site, and connecting with the Town Centre.
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